Книги автора: Norman Ohler

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Blitzed by Norman Ohler, read by  Jonathan Keeble.  The sensational German bestseller on the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich, from Hitler to housewives.   Bursting with interesting facts Vice  Extremely interesting ... a serious piece of scholarship, very well researched Ian Kershaw  The Nazis presented themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohlers gripping bestseller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs: cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth, used by everyone from factory workers to housewives, and crucial to troops resilience - even partly explaining German victory in 1940.  The promiscuous use of drugs at the very highest levels also impaired and confused decision-making, with Hitler and his entourage taking refuge in potentially lethal cocktails of stimulants administered by the physician Dr Morell as the war turned against Germany. While drugs cannot on their own explain the events of the Second World War or its outcome, Ohler shows, they change our understanding of it. Blitzed forms a crucial missing piece of the story.

Dieser Band vereint die beiden Novellen 'Der schwarze Vorhang' und 'Der Reporter'. Wir begeben uns auf Reisen nach New York in ein mysteriöses Etablissement in der Nähe des Times Square – und nach Wien zu einem Prozess gegen vier Hilfskrankenschwestern, die des vielfachen Mordes angeklagt sind. Und sowohl in der alten wie in der neuen Welt versucht die Vergangenheit, uns die Gegenwart streitig zu machen.'Ohlers Romanhelden kämpfen als Nachfolger von Kafkas Landvermesser und Joseph Conrads Kolonialbeamten, die inden Irrgarten einer entgrenzten Ordnung geraten sind.'Der Tagesspiegel'Fest steht, dass Norman Ohler virtuos mit Sprache umgeht.'Die Zeit