The Secret Diaries of Hitler’s Doctor
By David Irving | First published 1983 | Hardcover edition
Historical Significance
Dr. Theodor Morell served as Adolf Hitler’s personal physician from 1936 until the final days in the bunker. His diaries and medical records, captured by American forces in 1945, provide unique documentation of Hitler’s health, treatments, and physical deterioration during the war years.
Scope and Content
The work presents Morell’s medical diaries alongside analysis of the treatments administered—the injections, medications, and procedures that formed Hitler’s daily medical regimen. The study examines what the records reveal about Hitler’s physical condition and its potential influence on his decision-making.
Archival Foundation
Research based upon Morell’s captured diaries and medical records held in American archives. Irving gained access to materials withheld from earlier researchers, including detailed prescription records and clinical notes.
For Researchers and Collectors
Essential for medical historians, Hitler biographers, and researchers examining the relationship between physical health and wartime leadership. Primary source documentation supports advanced academic use.
Edition Details
Hardcover binding with archival-quality paper stock. Medical documentation reproduced in appendices. Built for specialist library and private collection use.
About This Edition
Limited modern collector printing from Focal Point Publications. Complete documentary apparatus preserved.
Related Works from Irving Books
- Hitler’s War — The wartime context
- The War Path — The prelude years
- Goebbels — Inner circle biography
willymax@earthlink.net –
This book is essentially a transcription of the treatments administered to Adolf Hitler by his doctor during the war years. How was Hitler feeling during Operation Barbarossa? Was he really in better shape, physically, than Roosevelt, Churchill, or Stalin? Was his doctor a “quack,” and did his proprietary remedies help of hurt Hitler? Get this book and read it and you will get the answers to these questions & more.
James (verified owner) –
This book gives you a great detail into the mindset of Hitler. David takes you through the diary entries and adds brilliant context to the events surrounding key dates and times. It is quite apparent that Hitler was the author of his own destruction through his terrible living standards. Sleep deprivation, anxiety, ibs and lack of nutrition as well as spending most of his time in substandard conditions in bunkers during the war. Instead of alleviating these symptoms by listening to his doctors advise, Hitler seems to have wanted different avenues to maintain his unhealthy lifestyle through medications which were for the most part actually holistic. The fact is his body could not keep up with his brain. This book is a must read as it dispels alot of the rumors out there about Hitler. David’s writing is amazing I have to say, so easy to read. At the end of the book, you get the letters and transcripts of the diary’s themselves. All the answers to questions on Hitler’s mental state, his physical characteristics, did he have parkinsons etc…. are all answered. As for Morell, I would describe him as more of a Holistic individual more than a doctor who’s main job was to keep the wings on the fairy swordfish as it travelled at a million miles per hour. It was clear that Morell was trying to drive Hitler onto a healthier path but Hitler resisted it for the most part. A lot of what Morell did was really very experimental which is why his credentials are questioned but if you put yourself in his shoes, you can see he was driven by two factors which is to remain as the number one and secondly, Hitler’s stubbornness to maintain his unhealthy lifestyle and not listen.
Stig-Ove Madetoja –
Puts to rest many assumptions on Hitlers health and life and reveals many other aspects about him. Well worth a read and i dare say. If a book has David Irving as author you will never be disappointed!