7 weird facts about Nazi Germany

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

The coming of Adolf Hitler to power in 1933 changed the fate of not only the German people, but the entire world. Under the rule of the Fuhrer's special worldview, Nazi Germany became a country of strange experiments and preconceived beliefs.

Many innovations and events in Germany at that time are unknown to the general public, although they are quite interesting. Here are some of them.

Hugo Boss designed and manufactured a uniform for the Nazi party

The German brand Hugo Boss was founded in 1924 in Metzingen. Then it was a small garment factory for the production of sports and workwear, which managed to go bankrupt by 1930.

In 1931, Hugo Boss found sponsors and joined the Nazi party, and two years later he received the first large order for sewing uniforms.

Hugo Boss supplied Nazi Party uniforms before and during World War II. And only after the death of the founder in 1948, the brand switched from sewing uniforms to men's suits.

The Jewish Quarter in Prague was not damaged in World War II as Hitler intended to create a museum here

When Germany lost the First World War, Hitler blamed the Jews for everything.

According to the plans of the Fuehrer, by the time of his victory in World War II, not a single Jew will remain in Europe.

However, he planned to leave the Old Jewish City in Prague intact. Hitler decided that after his victory, an "Exotic Museum of an Extinct Race" would be founded here.

The Nazis believed that Native Americans were members of the Aryan race

The Nazis considered the Sioux and all Native Americans to be the descendants of the Aryans. That is why Hitler did not want the United States to enter the war before Germany conquered all of Europe.

He even stated that after the victory, Germany would return to the Indians all the lands taken from them by force.

In the Third Reich, there was a program for the birth of "racially pure Aryan children"

During the Nazi rule, the Lebensborn program was launched to increase the number of blonde and blue-eyed Aryan children.

Only women with a "pure" pedigree, at least up to their grandmother, could participate in it. In addition, they had to confirm that there were no cases of mental or hereditary diseases in their family.

Women who met these requirements went to the luxurious castle, where they met and became acquainted with the SS officers. After 10 days, a woman could choose a man for herself for intimacy.

A pregnant woman was placed in a maternity hospital, where she spent all the following months. After birth, the child was considered the property of the state. He was brought up in a special institution, where children from an early age were instilled in devotion to the ideals of fascism.

It is believed that in the 12 years of the program's existence, about 12,000 babies were born.

The government of Nazi Germany launched the world's first large-scale anti-smoking campaign

Nazi Germany was the first country in the world to ban smoking among its population. This happened after German doctors established a relationship between smoking and lung cancer.

The Nazis campaigned against the use of alcohol and tobacco. They urged the people of Germany to consume whole grain bread and other foods high in vitamins and fiber for better health and long life.

The Nazis tried to teach dogs to speak and read

It is known that Hitler adored dogs and considered them to be as smart as humans. Therefore, he ordered the creation of a dog school where dogs could be trained to speak, read and write. A dog school called Tier-Sprechschule ASRA was established in 1930 near Hanover. Dogs from all over Germany were recruited by Nazi officials and brought here. They were trained to use their paws to give different signals and other unusual skills.

It has been argued that some trained dogs can imitate the human voice. Moreover, one of them allegedly could pronounce the words “Mein Fuhrer”, while the other “wrote” poetry. Also, the Nazis conducted some experiments to establish "telepathy between a man and a dog"

Nazis develop experimental drug cocktail to boost endurance

In 1944, the Nazis developed an experimental methamphetamine-based performance enhancer called "D-IX". Each tablet of this drug contained 5 mg of oxycodone, 5 mg of cocaine and 3 mg of methamphetamine.

This "cocktail" was tested on prisoners from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. According to a study using special equipment, a subject could walk about 90 km in a day without rest!

Soon after the invention of this tablet, the Second World War ended, so it was never launched into mass production.