That one went right over my head. Care to explain? Only thing I know about Rommel is that he a reputation of being a decent person, unlike most of the other Nazi military leadership, and was a good general.
What is not possible is not to choose. ~Jean-Paul Sartre
That one went right over my head. Care to explain? Only thing I know about Rommel is that he a reputation of being a decent person, unlike most of the other Nazi military leadership, and was a good general.
Rommel was forced to commit suicide after it was learned that he was somehow aware of the plot to kill Hitler but didn't do anything about it. The deal was that he would be given a hero's funeral and his family taken care of. Other plotters were summarily hanged after show trials.
"Abandon hope all ye who enter here"
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"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function" =
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"There's nothing more frightening than ignorance in action" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
That one went right over my head. Care to explain? Only thing I know about Rommel is that he a reputation of being a decent person, unlike most of the other Nazi military leadership, and was a good general.
Rommel was forced to commit suicide after it was learned that he was somehow aware of the plot to kill Hitler but didn't do anything about it. The deal was that he would be given a hero's funeral and his family taken care of. Other plotters were summarily hanged after show trials.
Okay. Didn't get to that part in "Rise and Fall" yet. But given Hitler's track record with promises - I don't think he kept a single one that he ever made, I wouldn't be surprised if he also had Rommel's family whacked too.
What is not possible is not to choose. ~Jean-Paul Sartre
That one went right over my head. Care to explain? Only thing I know about Rommel is that he a reputation of being a decent person, unlike most of the other Nazi military leadership, and was a good general.
Rommel was forced to commit suicide after it was learned that he was somehow aware of the plot to kill Hitler but didn't do anything about it. The deal was that he would be given a hero's funeral and his family taken care of. Other plotters were summarily hanged after show trials.
Okay. Didn't get to that part in "Rise and Fall" yet. But given Hitler's track record with promises - I don't think he kept a single one that he ever made, I wouldn't be surprised if he also had Rommel's family whacked too.
No, in fact at least one of Rommel's kids has been interviewed on WW II documentaries.
"Abandon hope all ye who enter here"
Killington Zone
You can checkout any time you like,
but you can never leave
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function" =
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"There's nothing more frightening than ignorance in action" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe