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Rommel, the Nazis, and the Holocaust One of the most widely debated questions about Erwin Rommel is the extent to which he supported Nazism, and by extension, the Holocaust.
Glossary Terms. How did the role of the German military change during ? How and why? Thank you for supporting our work We would like to thank Crown Family Philanthropies and the Abe and Ida Cooper Foundation for supporting the ongoing work to create content and resources for the Holocaust Encyclopedia. Politically this was fantasy and militarily it failed; but for Rommel it was the only rational hope.
By then Rommel had lost all faith in Adolf Hitler. After the Allied invasion had succeeded in establishing a front see D-Day , Rommel—who believed that Germany must now inevitably lose a war on two fronts—tried again personally to confront Hitler with reality. He failed. Rommel, therefore, was now determined to surrender the German forces in the west unilaterally. Before that could happen he was wounded in an air attack on July He chose suicide and was given a state funeral.
Rommel has been variously described as a Nazi because of long personal devotion to Hitler or as a martyr of the German Resistance because of the manner of his death. He was neither. He was a straightforward, gifted, patriotic German officer, a charismatic commander and master of maneuver, caught up in the disaster of the Third Reich. Edited by Robert Cowley and Geoffrey Parker. All rights reserved. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!
Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. Although Rommel would later become known for his bold battlefield tactics, his sister described him as a gentle and docile child. Developing an interest in mathematics and engineering, he co-built a full-size glider at age In , the year Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany, he named Joseph Goebbels , his trusted friend and colleague, to the key post of minister for public enlightenment and propaganda.
On July 20, took place the attack against Hitler. Hitler, convinced that Rommel participated in the attack of July 20, gives him the following two possibilities: either Rommel commits suicide and his death is passed for a death as a result of injuries. On October 14, , he was taken to Ulm hospital in Germany, where he died after swallowing poison.
Four days later, on October 18, Germany celebrated a grand funeral in honor of a military leader very much appreciated by the Germanic people.
Erwin Rommel is one of the only military leaders in Germany who has not been involved in war crimes cases. It is one of the legendary military figures of the Second World War. Back to the German military personnel biographies menu. Share a testimony from a relative or a friend, veteran or civilian, resistance member, ally or German, actor or witness of History.
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