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1. What addiction did Hermann Goring have?

Hermann Goring had an addiction to dihydrocodeine. Dihydrocodeine is an analgesic that is similar to heroin and twice as strong as codeine. Goring took more than 100 pills a day. When he was caught, he had a suitcase of more than 20,000 does of the drug.

2. What was Pervitin, and how was it used by German troops?

Pervitin was a drug Nazi Germany used to enable their troops to stay awake for weeks on end. The troopers would fight in a deranged state alternating between mania or a stupor. Overexertion led them to suffer from euphoria. Pervitin was a part of the rations for everyone in the Wehrmacht.

3. What rash of suicides erupted in 1945 in Demmin, Germany, and why?

The German troops destroyed the bridges that would have allowed the residents of Demmin to escape their city. Losing the bridges led to panic and fear that they would be overrun by the Red Army. Hundreds of men, women, and children took their own lives over three days. Families walked into the river to die with ropes tied around their waists. Children were weighed down by schoolbags filled with rocks.

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