Rommel Newspaper Investigation from 1969

[Jody]

Hello,
I am going through my boxes of newspaper clippings. These clippings were either obtained by me or from family members over the years. My mother and grandmother clipped many of them.

Here is an interesting article from October 29, 1969 on Rommel's death. There was a photo of Rommel's grave in the envelope with it and it is dated on the reverse July 1954.

I found it interesting.

Regards,
Jody

[Admiraal]

What the.. is that just some random memorial or his actual grave?
I thought his body was missing?
Great photo though, never saw that cross before!

[Paulus_Gun]

What the.. is that just some random memorial or his actual grave?
I thought his body was missing?
Great photo though, never saw that cross before!

This is his grave in recent years:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...mmels-grab.jpg

[Jody]

What the.. is that just some random memorial or his actual grave?
I thought his body was missing?
Great photo though, never saw that cross before!

Hello,
That is his grave. You can see where they removed the swastika from the large EK and from the RK.

Someone have taken the photo and gave a copy of the picture to my grandmother (on the back of the photo is written in pencil-Rommel grave July 1954) and she kept it with the newspaper clipping.

My grandmother was in the antique business and was one of the ones who helped get me into collecting 3rd Reich stuff.

Regards,
Jody

[Jean-Loup]

"I thought his body was missing? "

Apparently not...

[ramon]

Just as an aside, his body was cremated prior to inurnment.


Ramon