The drug pervitin (a methamphetamine derivative) was widely us | Black History

The drug pervitin (a methamphetamine derivative) was widely used to stimulate Wehrmacht soldiers - its pills were officially included in the rations of airmen and tank crews.

It was also used by civilians - chocolate candies filled with pervitin were on sale, although the Ministry of Health later recognized its dangers and banned its production. The pharmacists who developed pervitin were moved to the United States after the war and were involved in the development of drugs used by the US army in Korea and Vietnam.