The funeral of Erwin Rommel

[struggle4progress]

Sep 13, 2023

... Erwin Rommel who became known as 'The Desert Fox' ... was a very well-respected Field Marshal who was even admired by his enemies, but he ... as he was linked to a treasonous plot ... he would die by his own hand inside of an SS staff car. But he was then given a huge state funeral, and many people across Germany regarded him as a hero, and Hitler hoped that the state funeral would unite the nation ...

[Princess Turandot]

1. "Lu, in 10 minutes I will be dead"...

In the dramatization of Herman Wouk's two part masterwork on the lead-up to WW2 and the war itself, The Winds of War & War and Remembrance, Rommel returns to his house after speaking with the men who came to arrest him, and says that to his wife Lucia.

His teenage son Manfred was also at home. The family lived their lives out without any apparent retribution, which was likely one of the reasons he opted for suicide. The son later became the mayor of Stuttgart from 1974 until 1996.

If you've never read these books, I highly recommend them. Wouk tells the story by weaving the lives of several fictional individuals, with those of real people and the events of the day, from the Anschluss to Hiroshima. Combined, the books are more than 2,000 pages long.

Good post!

[Ponietz]

2. Thanks -- too bad the "narrarator" is the worst ever