Norman Ohler is an internationally acclaimed German author, journalist, and screenwriter whose groundbreaking historical research has fundamentally re-framed modern understandings of war, political power, and substance use. Born in Zweibrücken, Germany, Ohler trained at the Hamburg School of Journalism before building a versatile career spanning literature, film, and investigative narrative history. His works have been translated into more than 30 languages worldwide.

Ohler achieved global recognition with his premier non-fiction book, the New York Times and Spiegel bestseller Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany (2015). Drawing on extensive, previously unexamined archival materials across Europe and the United States, the book exposed the pervasive reliance on methamphetamine (Pervitin) within the German military machine during World War II, alongside Adolf Hitler’s acute chemical dependency on a cocktail of heavy narcotics. Praised by leading historians for changing the overall picture of the era, Blitzed triggered an international dialogue regarding the intersection of military strategy, state ideology, and pharmaceuticals.