{"id":108455,"date":"2017-03-06T17:09:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=108455"},"modified":"2017-03-06T17:47:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:47:00","slug":"tuesday-night-nazis-on-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/06\/tuesday-night-nazis-on-speed\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Night: Nazis on Speed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/blitzed-drugs-in-nazi-germany.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-108456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/blitzed-drugs-in-nazi-germany.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/blitzed-drugs-in-nazi-germany.jpg 1175w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/blitzed-drugs-in-nazi-germany-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/blitzed-drugs-in-nazi-germany-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/blitzed-drugs-in-nazi-germany-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>New York: This\u00a0Tuesday\u00a0night (March 7) at <a href=\"https:\/\/neuehousems.spaces.nexudus.com\/en\/events\/view\/301353070\/book-launch-norman-ohler--blitzed\" target=\"_blank\">NeueHouse<\/a>, I\u2019m talking to\u00a0<strong>Norman Ohler\u00a0<\/strong>about his new book\u00a0<em>Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich<\/em>, which\u00a0reveals how drugs pervaded Nazi society from the front lines of the World War II all the way to the F\u00fchrerbunker.\u00a0<em>Kirkus<\/em> calls the book\u00a0\u201ca vivid, highly readable account of drug use run amok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our talk begins at 7<small>\u00a0P.M.<\/small>; entry is free, but space is limited, so please\u00a0RSVP\u00a0by e-mailing RSVPNY@NeueHouse.com. 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