Hitler's last food tester talks about her ordeal

[eddie]

Now in her 90's, this woman speaks about what it was like to be one of Hitlers food testers. Her job along with other girls, was to taste the food before it was given to Hitler. If it was ok, it was sent to him. If poisoned, the testers would die, so Hitler could live!

She was 12 years old when the SS stopped by one day, snatched her up and took her to Hitlers Headquarters in Poland to start her new job. Could you imagine if she was your daughter, how would you cope with that situation?

She was snuck out of Berlin just before the Russians arrived, they believe the other food tester's were executed by the Russians. What for, who knows!

Unbelieveable!!

http://news.msn.com/world/hitlers-last-surviving-food-tester-talks

[u crank]

I test food every night.:O:




Please don't tell my wife.

[Feuer Frei!]

OT: Food testers for prominent figures was common, as was body doubles.
Most of them had such paranoia about their safety, even around 'trusted' figures, they were always fearful of that poisoned tea or dinner, or an assassination attempt, which of course Hitler had a few.


Off Topic: The Russians executing people for 'no apparent reason' was common practice towards the end of the war. Nothing new there.

[Stealhead]

The Soviets executed the pilots that fought in the Spanish Civil War when they came back to the USSR when you have that logic its not surprising that they would execute a food tester.

That being said there is a bit of exaggeration when it comes to the Soviets running around raping and killing people it did happen that is true but not on the massive scale we are lead to believe and when you consider that some German troops had done just that same thing to on Soviet soil it seems a little silly to say "how dare you do that to us"(when we did the same thing to you)

[Jimbuna]

Exactly....while two wrongs don't make a right, both sides carried out similar terrible acts.

[BossMark]

Well that's food for thought :haha:

[u crank]

The Soviets executed the pilots that fought in the Spanish Civil War when they came back to the USSR when you have that logic its not surprising that they would execute a food tester.

Stalin's treatment and view of returning Red Army POWs and even civilians in occupied territories was quite brutal. Stalin's view, "There are no Soviet prisoners of war, only traitors." He also issued the infamous Order No. 227 after the staggering losses and defeats in the initial German offensive. It basically outlawed surrender or even retreat. That order even called for reprisals on family members of those soldiers who surrendered. After the war 22 per cent of POWs were sent to labor battalions as punishment for being captured. 15 per cent of those ended up in the NKVD, i.e. the Gulag.

Nice guy.

[Takeda Shingen]

Well that's food for thought :haha:

Ugh....