The drug pervitin (a methamphetamine derivative) was widely us | LOST 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.

Civilians used it as well - chocolate candies filled with pervitin were on sale, although the Ministry of Health later recognized its dangers and banned its production.

The pharmacists who created pervitin were transported to the United States after the war and participated in the development of drugs used by the U.S. Army in Korea and Vietnam.