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| Manfred Rommel, son of WWII military leader, dies at 84 | |
| 2013-11-11 | |
| A popular mayor [of Stuttgart], Mr. Rommel made bold and sometimes controversial decisions. He drew criticism for allowing German Red Army Faction terrorists Gudrun Ensslin, Andreas Baader and Jan-Carl Raspe to be buried together in Stuttgart after their collective suicide in the Stammheim prison. “I am of the opinion that all wrath, justified as it may be, must end with death and that there are no first- and second-class graveyards and that all graveyards are the same,” he said at the time.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 Rommel Sr. was a construction guy. "After the war is over" (if the Nazi's could secure their territories) he wanted to build magnificant buildings. The construction of the Atlantic wall that killed many GI on the beaches of Normandy was still in the works and if finished, would have days and many more casualties to break trough. But, just like many brilliant minds, he served a mad man. |
| Posted by: Guillibaldo McCoy1948 2013-11-11 13:46 |
| #2 49 Pan, absolutely agree with your assessment of Erwin Rommel. In addition, he was a man of honor. While fighting in North Africa, the Germans captured some Free French. Hitler ordered that they be executed, since France had surrendered. Rommel refused, treating them as prisoners of war. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-11-11 13:45 |
| #1 Truly an interesting man. His father was one of the most brilliant strategists that ever walked the battlefield. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2013-11-11 11:38 |