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…this boss of Hoffmann and the founder of the pharmaceutical branch of Sanders, Stoll, Arthur Stoll. He was closely collaborating with Richard Kuhn, who also had been a prodigy of Willstetter. And Richard Kuhn was not a Jew, but he was actually a Nazi.…
…of Sanders, Stoll, Arthur Stoll. He was closely collaborating with Richard Kuhn, who also had been a prodigy of Willstetter. And Richard Kuhn was not a Jew, but he was actually a Nazi. At least he worked as Hitler's leading biochemist within the Nazi…
…the Nazi system and produced invented sarin, which is the deadliest nerve poison. for Hitler's war machine and Stoll and Kuhn were exchanging information very freely in both directions they had visited each other's labs countless times also before the war…
…they had visited each other's labs countless times also before the war also in the 20s so they were really like Kuhn knew everything about the ergot research that Sandoz did and they would exchange the information. Obviously Stoll would have told Kuhn…
…like Kuhn knew everything about the ergot research that Sandoz did and they would exchange the information. Obviously Stoll would have told Kuhn also about LSD because LSD was such a big thing when they were discussing things. What is it? What could it…
…LSD was such a big thing when they were discussing things. What is it? What could it be? What do we do with it? And Kuhn at the same time was responsible For not responsible for but involved in this search for the so called truth drug, which was an…
…mescaline is that drug. That's why they used it in Dachau to test new interrogation methods, etc. So it's not unplausible that Richard Kuhn, when he heard from Stoll about LSD and that he became interested in and I found one letter where Kuhn actually…
…that Richard Kuhn, when he heard from Stoll about LSD and that he became interested in and I found one letter where Kuhn actually acknowledges receiving half a gram of ergotamine which is a precursor to LSD. So I think it's possible that LSD was…
…again there's no final proof for this. It could also have been other substances but I think one thing is clear that because Kuhn knew about LSD and was involved in this truth drug search of the Nazis, he talked about this when Germany was invaded by…
…on biological warfare slash also truth drugs. That was like a side mission that they had. And they discussed with Richard Kuhn in Heidelberg. They had their regional headquarters in Heidelberg, Alsos. And Kuhn was one of their main informers. So they…
…side mission that they had. And they discussed with Richard Kuhn in Heidelberg. They had their regional headquarters in Heidelberg, Alsos. And Kuhn was one of their main informers. So they knew about the truth drug and LSD. And their report makes it into…
…clay. I have to look it up in the book. But some general flies from the US then to Heidelberg, also talks with Kuhn, gets briefed again about LSD and the truth drug, finds it highly interesting, takes the train to Switzerland and receives samples of LSD…
…mean you can but from lsd from lsd but if you send ergotomy and you have more flexibility in terms of making different compounds well maybe Kuhn said, yeah, I want to try this ergot to me and I want to see what I can do with it. Maybe I have some…
…early history of LSD. And that is, you know, I think is the history of Arthur Stoll, is his connection with Richard Kuhn, is the Americans invading, invading slash liberating Germany and taking the files and taking the knowledge and developing their own…