Pervitin and the Germans: Testing stimulants on a group of Nazi Germany medical school cadets before the outbreak of World War II in Europe.
Testing took place on the night of May 2-3, 1939, photograph number 11. Caption below: “5 hours 20 minutes. Sleep and indifference of those who took placebo.”
Designations of the drugs that test participants received: S – placebo, B – Benzedrin, C – caffeine, P – Pervitin.
The “Pervitin and the Germans” photo source: Normann Ohler. “Der totale Rausch. Drogen im Dritten Reich.” Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch. Cologne, 2005.
Location: Berlin, Germany
Time of photo taken: May 03, 1939