At the Wolf's Table

By Rosella Postorino

Book Overview

The international bestseller based on a haunting true story that raises provocative questions about complicity, guilt, and survival.

They called it the Wolfsschanze, the Wolf's Lair. "Wolf" was his nickname. As hapless as Little Red Riding Hood, I had ended up in his belly. A legion of hunters was out looking for him, and to get him in their grips they would gladly slay me as well.

Germany, 1943: Twenty-six-year-old Rosa Sauer's parents are gone, and her husband Gregor is far away, fighting on the front lines of World War II. Impoverished and alone, she makes the fateful decision to leave war-torn Berlin to live with her in-laws in the countryside, thinking she'll find refuge there. But one morning, the SS come to tell her she has been conscripted to be one of Hitler's tasters: three times a day, she and nine other women go to his secret headquarters, the Wolf's Lair, to eat his meals before he does.

Forced to eat what might kill them, the tasters begin to divide into The Fanatics, those loyal to Hitler, and the women like Rosa who insist they aren't Nazis, even as they risk their lives every day for Hitler's. As secrets and resentments grow, this unlikely sisterhood reaches its own dramatic climax, as everyone begins to wonder if they are on the wrong side of history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250179149
• ISBN13: 9781250179142
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Flatiron Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

World war ll

Excellent story based on a real TRUE story of one of the Tasters. Its wonderfully written, beautifully told. It's about a group of women who are conscripted to be Hitlers Tasters. There are many interesting Characters in the story that lead to its depth and drama. It basically centers around Rosa Sauer, and her huband Gregor who joins the army and is fighting at the front lines of the war. She leaves her beloved Berlin to live with her husbands parents in a small village, as her parents are both dead. It is here the SS soldiers conscript her to be Hitlers Tasters along with nine other women. They pick her up every morning and bring her home every night.They are forced to eat the food that might kill THEM... before.. it kills Hitler!! It is here In the Wolfs Lair..they eat his meals before he does. The tasters begin to forge a strong friendship between a few of the girls. They confide their secrets, fears, all their deepest feelings...and form a sisterhood of loyalty. There is Soooo many layers to things that happen within the story..it couldn't all be told here. It takes you through tragic and Horrific instances of many of the girls and their personel lives. Beautifully told...Captivating and ... couldn't put it down. Truly loved this book !!