No, Nazis did not use modern “date rape drugs” like Rohypnol or GHB for sexual assaults in the contemporary sense—those emerged later—but they experimented with sedatives, hormones, and other pharmaceuticals on prisoners for sterilization, medical tests, and control, sometimes leading to sexual violence or incapacitation.[digitalcommons.liberty +1] Historical Context In camps like Ravensbrück and Auschwitz, doctors like those in Block 10 administered drugs (e.g., Rutenol, Periston) to women for fertility suppression or endurance trials, often with forced prostitution or rape as byproducts in brothels for guards. Pervitin (meth) fueled soldiers, but sedatives targeted “asocials” like prostitutes for dehumanization, not targeted “dates.”[auschwitz]

Nazis mastered bait-and-switch propaganda and drug tactics to manipulate masses and soldiers, luring with promises before unleashing horror.[ebsco] Propaganda Bait-and-Switch Goebbels’ ministry sold Hitler as savior fixing Versailles “humiliations,” switching to scapegoating Jews/Communists via films like Jud Süß and Der Ewige Jude—initial “economic revival” hype masked eugenics, leading to Nuremberg Laws and Kristallnacht.[wikipedia] Drug Tactics Pervitin (methamphetamine) “baited” troops with alertness pills for Blitzkrieg (35 million doses in 1940), switching to addiction/psychosis; heroin-laced cocaine for Hitler masked Parkinson’s; camp experiments drugged prisoners for fatal “tests.” Post-Stalingrad, promises of “wonder weapons” baited total war support amid collapse.[encyclopedia.ushmm]