1. Theodor "Theo" Karl Ludwig Gilbert Morell was a German medical doctor known for acting as Adolf Hitler's personal physician.
21 Facts About Theodor Morell
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Theodor Morell assisted Hitler daily in virtually everything he did for several years and was beside Hitler until the last stages of the Battle of Berlin.
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Theodor Morell was the second son of a primary school teacher, born and raised in the small village of Trais-Munzenberg in Upper Hesse.
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Theodor Morell studied medicine in Grenoble and Paris, then trained in obstetrics and gynecology in Munich in 1910.
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Theodor Morell served as a ship's doctor until 1914 when he volunteered for service at the Front during the First World War.
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Theodor Morell served as an army battalion medical officer until 1917.
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Theodor Morell furnished his office with the latest medical technology through his wife's fortune.
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Theodor Morell targeted his unconventional treatments at an upscale market, his practice becoming fashionable for treatment of skin and venereal diseases, and turned down invitations to be personal physician to both the Shah of Persia and the King of Romania.
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Theodor Morell joined the Nazi Party when Hitler came to power in 1933.
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When Hitler was troubled with grogginess in the morning, Theodor Morell would inject him with a solution of water mixed with a substance from several small, gold-foiled packets, which he called "Vitamultin".
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Theodor Morell was not popular with Hitler's entourage, who complained about the doctor's crude table manners, poor hygiene, and body odor.
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Theodor Morell kept a medical diary of the drugs, tonics, vitamins, and other substances he administered to Hitler, usually by injection or in pill form.
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Since some of these compounds are considered toxic, historians have speculated that Theodor Morell inadvertently contributed to Hitler's deteriorating health.
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An almost complete listing of the drugs used by Theodor Morell, wrote historian Hugh Trevor-Roper, was compiled after the war from his meticulous daily records and unlikely to have been exaggerated.
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In 1939, Theodor Morell inadvertently became involved with the invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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Where he acquired it is unknown, and Theodor Morell claimed complete ignorance of penicillin when American intelligence officers interrogated him after the war.
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When members of Hitler's inner circle were interviewed for the book The Bunker, some claimed Theodor Morell owned a significant share in a company fraudulently marketing a product as penicillin.
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The personal notes of Theodor Morell describe how he treated Hitler over the years, including notations such as, "injection as always", and, "Eukodal", an early German trade name for the opioid oxycodone.
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Theodor Morell was one of the occupants of the Fuhrerbunker, located in the garden of the Reich Chancellery, once Hitler and his entourage relocated there from the Wolf's Lair in Rastenburg in East Prussia.
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Hitler told Theodor Morell he did not need any more medical help, although he continued to take many of the medications Theodor Morell had prescribed for him; during the last week of Hitler's life, it was administered by Dr Werner Haase and by Heinz Linge, Hitler's valet.
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Theodor Morell was captured by American forces and interrogated on 18 May 1945.