Margot Wölk was one of Hitler’s 15 food testers during WWII, forced to taste his food. She and 14 other women were imprisoned near his wolf’s lair and never ate meat because Hitler was a vegetarian. Wölk was the only survivor and spoke publicly about her experiences in 2013.
Margot Wölk ate quite well during WWII. While the rest of Nazi Germany struggled to find food, or even a good cup of coffee, Wölk ate dishes like white asparagus: peeled, steamed, and served with a delicious butter sauce, the way Germans traditionally like it. As one of Adolf Hitler’s 15 food testers, she was forced to taste everything the paranoid Führer would eat. In 2013, the 95-year-old former secretary told Spiegel Online International her story for the first time. According to Margot Wölk, she and 14 other young women were imprisoned in a barracks near Hitler’s notorious wolf’s lair in Prussia and forced to taste the vegetables, pasta and exotic fruits intended for Hitler’s plate. There was never any meat, she said, because he was vegetarian. Wölk was the only survivor of the group. When Hitler committed suicide in April 1945, Wölk fled to Berlin. The other young women stayed behind and were presumably affected by the invading Red Army.
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Wölk said it took decades to overcome feelings of shame and speak publicly about his experiences, which included savage assaults by German and Russian soldiers. She has never been able to have children.
He said the food tasters used to “cry like dogs” after each meal, overcome with relief that they were still alive.
Wölk said security at Wolf’s Lair was extremely tight; he actually he never saw Hitler. However, he saw the Führer’s dog, Blondi.
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