Was Hitler Ill? : A Final Diagnosis

Four months after the end of the war, Hitler?s personalphysician Theo Morell stated to his fellow prisoner Karl Brandt:?In fact, Hitler was never sick.? Brandt, who had beenresponsible for the ?euthanasia? killings and was thusdeeply implicated in the crimes of the Nazi regime, disagreed. Heclaimed that Morell had ?pumped the Führer full ofdrugs? and was now merely attempting to justify his actions.In his opinion, Morell had turned Hitler into a physical wreck. The image of a decrepit and drug-dependent psychopath in the ReichChancellery bunker is one of the most enduring myths about Hitler.It provides a simple explanation for his actions: who but a sickman could have ordered the killing of millions of people?Hans-Joachim Neumann and Henrik Eberle study this question and seekanswers in the detailed notes and diaries left by Morell, inmedical reports, pharmacological analyses and interviews with eyewitnesses. Their conclusions are clear and definitive.