This thread is not about discussing the person who was recently banned for having an Erwin Rommel profile picture. I am just simply educating people on who Erwin Rommel is because I am deeply disturbed that people think he is just "a nazi."
Facts about Erwin Rommel:
- When he was in France he refused orders from Berlin to round up jews and send them to deportation camps
- Forced his officers to do the same hard work and put themselves in the same danger as the men that they commanded.
- Wrote numerous letters to Adolf Hitler himself expressing his disgust in the Nazi party's racist policies
- Organised a plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler. When he was found out, he was given the option to commit suicide with a cyanide pill or his entirely family would be murdered. He committed suicide with the cyanide pill.
- Is still celebrated as a German hero today; as someone who opposed tyranny.
- His African division was not charged with any war crimes.
Discuss.