\"Mayor of Stuttgart\" Manfred Rommel Signed Calling Card COA For Sale
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\"Mayor of Stuttgart\" Manfred Rommel Signed Calling Card COA:
$174.99
Up for sale the "Mayor of Stuttgart" Manfred Rommel Hand Signed Calling Card. This item is authenticated By Todd
Mueller Autographs and comes with their certificate of authenticity.
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Manfred
Rommel (24 December 1928 – 7 November 2013) was a German politician belonging
to the Christian Democratic Union, who served as Mayor of Stuttgart from 1974
until 1996. Rommel's policies were described as tolerant and liberal, and he
was one of the most popular municipal politicians in Germany. He was the
recipient of numerous foreign honours. He was the only son of Wehrmacht field
marshal Erwin Rommel and his wife Lucia Maria Mollin (1894–1971), and
contributed to the establishment of museums in his father's honour. He was also
known for his friendship with George Patton IV and David Montgomery, the sons
of his father's two principal military adversaries. Rommel was born in
Stuttgart and entered service as a Luftwaffenhelfer (air force assistant) in
1943 at age 14, serving in an anti-aircraft battery. He considered joining the
Waffen SS, but his father opposed it. On 14 October 1944, he was present at his
parents' house[2] when his father was led off to be forced to commit suicide
for his alleged complicity in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler,
which was publicly portrayed by the Nazi leadership as a death resulting from a
war injury. In February 1945, Rommel was dismissed from air force service and
in March was conscripted into the paramilitary Reichsarbeitsdienst service.
Stationed in Riedlingen at the end of April, he deserted just before the French
First Army entered the town. He was taken prisoner of war, was interrogated by
(among others) general Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, and disclosed the truth
about his father's death. In 1947, he took his Abitur while studying in
Biberach an der Riß and went on to study law at the University of Tübingen. He
married Liselotte in 1954 and had a daughter named Catherine.[4] After a stint
working as a lawyer, in 1956, Rommel entered the civil service and later became
state secretary in the state government of Baden-Württemberg. In 1974, Rommel
succeeded Arnulf Klett as Oberbürgermeister (equivalent to Mayor) of Stuttgart
by winning 58.5% of the votes in the second round of elections, defeating Peter
Conradi of the Social Democratic Party. He was re-elected after the first round
of elections in 1982 with 69.8% and in 1990 with 71.7% of the votes. As the
mayor of Stuttgart, he was also known for his effort to give the Red Army
Faction terrorists who had committed suicide at the Stuttgart-Stammheim prison
a proper burial, despite the concern that the graves would become a pilgrimage
point for radical leftists.[5][6] In defending his decision against criticism
from within his own party, Rommel said "All enmity must end at some point
and I think in this case it ends with [their] death" While
Oberbürgermeister of Stuttgart, Rommel began a much-publicised friendship with
U.S. Army Major General George Patton IV, the son of his father's World War II
adversary, General George S. Patton, who was assigned to the VII Corps
headquarters near the city. Additionally, he was also friends with David
Montgomery, 2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, the son of his father's other
great adversary, Field arshal Bernard Law Montgomery, a friendship viewed
by some as a symbol of British-German reconciliation following the War and West
Germany's admission into NATO. In a 1996 celebration at the Württemberg
State Theatre, Manfred Rommel received the highest German civil distinction,
the Bundesverdienstkreuz. In his speech, Helmut Kohl put particular emphasis on
the good relations that were kept and built upon between France and Germany
during Rommel's tenure as Oberbürgermeister of Stuttgart. A few days after this
distinction was given to Rommel, the city of Stuttgart offered him the Honorary
Citizen Award.[11] He risked his popularity when he stood out for the fair treatment
of foreign immigrants, who were being drawn to Stuttgart by its booming
economy.[12] As mayor, Rommel also exerted "tight control over the city's
finances, reducing its debt and enabling a radical makeover of the local
infrastructure, especially roads and public transport [while working]...to
foster Franco-German relations." Rommel's political position is described
as tolerant and liberal.
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