![]() None of the women are allowed to meet Hitler, none can enter the Wolfschanze, but the Führer is a constant presence. Even though food is a luxury, eating the rich and decadent feasts Hitler will soon be served is an act of torture – after each meal, the women must wait an hour to see if they will die. ![]() Alone, she has little choice but to leave war-torn Berlin behind and live with her in-laws in a village near the Wolfschanze, the Wolf’s Lair, Hitler’s hidden headquarters.Ĭonvinced that the enemy wants to poison him, Hitler conscripts ten women, including Rosa, to be his food tasters. Germany, 1943: Twenty-six-year-old Rosa Sauer’s parents are gone, and her husband Gregor is far away, fighting on the front lines. A legion of hunters was out looking for him, and to get him in their grips they would gladly slay me as well.' As hapless as Little Red Riding Hood, I had ended up in his belly. 'They called it the Wolfsschanze, the Wolf’s Lair.
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