Irena's Vow by Dan Gordon

Author:Dan Gordon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Published: 2024-04-03T17:08:08+00:00

“That night, dear children, my eleven Jewish friends in the cellar were like Cinderella’s mice. As soon as I was back in the kitchen and the door was locked behind me, I lifted the trapdoor and said, ‘Soup!’

“Abracadabra! Up came two silver tureens of Kartoffelsuppe, German potato soup with sausage, potatoes, onions, celery, cabbage, and bay leaves.

“I put the tureens of soup on the top rack of my serving trolley and whispered, ‘Salad!’ Abracadabra up comes the salad!

“I wheeled the trolley out to the gazebo, set the tureens and serving bowls up on the table next to the silver and napkins, re-entered the house, tinkled my little serving bell and announced, ‘Meine damen und herren, soup and salad are served in the major’s garden, bitte.’

“The major smiled as his guests filed out into the garden.

“Schultze and I passed amongst the four tables, pouring red and white wine, and leaving the bottles for each group of six or eight.

“I gathered the cocktail glasses, put them on my trolley, wheeled it back into the kitchen, locked the door behind me, and once again opened the trapdoor. Down went the dirty glasses— Abracadabra! —up comes the schnitzel and spätzle!

“Next came German potato salad and sweet and sour red cabbage. Close and bolt the trap door, wheel the trolley out into the gazebo, clear the tureens and salad, set out the meat and spätzle, potato and cabbage salads, clear the appetizer plates and soup bowls, wheel the trolley back into the kitchen, lock the door behind me, and open the trap door. Poof! Down go the dirty dishes, up come the desserts: Bavarian cream and Pfeffernuesse cookies, strudel, and an urn of coffee.

“Once back out at the gazebo, I collect the dirty dinner plates, Schultze gets ready to serve the schnapps. I go back into the kitchen, lock the door, and open the trap door. Down go the dirty dishes, up come the clean ones already washed.

“The party was an absolute success.

“My dear children, you’ve never seen so many happy Nazis in your life.”

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