Norman Ohler

And there was what I call the doctor's war ensued because Giesing then tried to get rid of Morel because Giesing could suddenly see that Hitler was receiving a lot of drugs.

And he was taking cocaine with Giesing.

Giesing left the room, then Morel would come in and give him Oikodal, the opioid intravenously, which is the speedball effect, cocaine and an opioid, you know, at the same time, that's like, that creates a really crazy high, but that's a high that's not stable anymore.

You know, that's a, that's a high that you, that's like at the end of your drug career, you take the speedball.

Opioids are depressants.

I've never had a speedball, but I think it's like the most hardcore drug experience you can have.

And Hitler had this in the summer of 1944 for quite some time.

And then the doctors really fought for influence over Hitler and Giesing teamed up with Himmler, head of the SS, and basically said to Himmler, this Morell guy, and Himmler was already suspicious of Morell, obviously, because Morell's spending so much time with Hitler, there's no control, like Himmler was a control freak.

What is he actually giving to the Führer?

The Führer doesn't look good anymore.

So Giesing was trying to get Morel out.

Maybe because he wanted Hitler to have a better health.

Maybe he wanted to have the job himself.

He certainly tried to get rid of Morel.

And it came to like the high noon situation, like the duel between the two doctors.

It's by the way, why I think it's completely insane that Hollywood hasn't bought the rights yet.

Alone this doctor's war.

No, they missed the drug angle because my book hadn't been out yet.

They didn't know about it.

That'd be a different story.