Shirley J. Adult Fiction WWII Food Tasters for Adolph Hitler
The Taster by V. S. Alexander 336 pages
Excellent story of a young woman in Nazi Germany during the Hitler Regime. When the war is looking like things are going from bad to worse, bombs are starting to drop where she lives in Berlin. To keep his daughter safe her father sends Magda (Ritter) to live with relatives in Bavaria where he is sure she will be safe. Upon arrival, while her Uncle treats her well, her Aunt is angry she is there and that they have to feed and house her. The Aunt insists Magda get a job a.s.a.p. When Magda applies for a civil servant job through the auspices of her Uncle putting a good word in and the status in the Nazi community of her Uncle and Aunt (good party members) Magda gets assigned to the Fuhrer's private staff of tasters at his "Wolf Lair," mountain retreat. Seems Hitler was paranoid about his food and was afraid the Allies were trying to poison him so he had a staff of several girls trained to taste his food and to be able to smell certain poisons that might have been put in the food. While living lavishly compared to most Germans and certainly if you survived it, you got grand meals and fine if not elegant room accommodations. Terrified at first of dying then literally poisoned on purpose to teach her to be more careful and certain of the food she would o.k. for the Fuhrer's consumption, one of the cooks poisoned her on purpose. Fortunately she survives but was always on her game afterward. And remember Kharma is not to be trivialized. Excellent tale of her life at the Wolf's Lair, her encounters with Hitler and Eva Brun and the Valkyrie. Like the coffee slogan, good to the last drop, this book is good to the last page. So much happens and it ain't over till it's over. Well played, so well written it is hard to believe it is fiction. I would recommend this book to mature teens on up for the violent sexual scenes described.
No comments:
Post a Comment