I know that Germany banned smoking and hard spirits during the 30s and 40s, but considering how culturally significant beer is in Germany and them being extremely nationalized was it ever considered to be banned or discouraged from drinking.
One part of me is it would during world war II for food shortage reasons but not cultural reasons. But other part of me thinks that because beer is so significant to Germany they would pride themselves on still having it.
I'm sure there's some exact answer to this question and I'm just not wording this the best way I can. This is my first time posting here so I hope you guys can answer some of my questions. Thank you.
Germany did not ban smoking or alcohol consumption during the 1933-1945 period, although there were specific campaigns to limit public use of them.
There's plenty more to be said, but it's worth checking out the answers in this thread, especially from u/commiespaceinvader and u/kieslowskifan. It's about drug use in Nazi Germany, specifically around Pervitin/amphetamines, but there is also some discussion of the prominent role that alcohol consumption played in Germany during the war, and information about drinking cultures. A further answer from u/kieslowskifan talks about how cigarette sales were actually a major source of revenue for the SA.