Norman Ohler

Norman Ohler
Born 1970
Zweibrücken, West Germany
Occupation Author, Screenwriter, Journalist
Language German, English
Citizenship Germany
Genre Literary fiction, Nonfiction, History
Notable works Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
Relatives Wolfgang Ohler (father)
Website
normanohler.de

Norman Ohler (born 1970) is a German journalist, author and screenwriter.[1]

Overview

Ohler was born in Zweibrücken, Germany in 1970 and attended journalism school in Hamburg, Germany.

In the fall of 2004, Ohler was invited by the German cultural association Goethe-Institut to act as writer-in-residence in Ramallah. There, Ohler wrote about the life of the Palestinians in the West Bank and published the last interview Yassir Arafat gave, shortly before his death.[2] After his time in Ramallah, Ohler also worked as writer-in-residence in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

In September 2015, Ohler published his first nonfiction work, titled The Total Rush: Drugs In the Third Reich.[3] In the book, Ohler researches what role psychoactive drugs, particularly stimulants such as methamphetamine, played in the military history of World War II, concluding that many of the German military and political leadership—especially Adolf Hitler—abused psychoactive drugs during the war.[4][5][6] Ian Kershaw, a leading Hitler researcher, described Ohler's book as, “a serious piece of scholarship.”

The English title was later translated to Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany.[3][7]

Books

Novels

Non-fiction

Film

References

  1. ↑ Small Talk (30 September 2016). "Q&A with author Norman Ohler". Financial Times. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Norman Ohler (11 November 2004). "Als Arafat mit mir den Brokkoli teilte". Zeit Online. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 Rachel Cook (25 September 2016). "High Hitler: how Nazi drug abuse steered the course of history". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Sara C. Nelson (4 October 2016). "Adolf Hitler's True Drug Habits Laid Bare By Norman Ohler In Blitzed: Drugs In Nazi Germany". Huffington Post UK. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Eric Shilling (26 September 2016). "Hitler Probably Spent WWII High on Cocaine and Oxycodone". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Tristin Hopper (28 September 2016). "Hitler was on cocaine and his troops were on meth: Author reveals deep influence of drugs in Nazi Germany". National Post. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Adolf Hitler was the 'Fuhrer of drugs' -http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37592253
  8. ↑ Norman Ohler: Der totale Rausch: Drogen im Dritten Reich. Kiepenheuer & Witsch : Köln, 2015, ISBN 978-3-462-04733-2; High Hitler Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Sept. 13, 2015; Wenn das der Führer wüsste… Die Zeit, Dec. 3, 2015
  9. ↑ Festival de Canne: Palermo Shooting Cannes Film Festival, October 6, 2016
  10. ↑ Todd McCarthy (25 May 2008). "Review: 'Palermo Shooting'". Variety. Retrieved 6 October 2016.

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