Ensnared in the Wolf’s Lair: Inside the 1944 Plot to Kill Hitler and the Ghost Children of His Revenge

This account examines the 1944 Valkyrie plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and the punishment imposed afterward on the conspirators’ children. Christa von Hofacker and her younger siblings are taken on Gestapo orders and caught in a system of family retribution intended to satisfy Hitler. Their story connects the attempted assassination with the consequences faced by children whose relatives were involved in the plot.