
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. Genealogy for Lucia Maria Rommel (Mollin) (1894 - 1971) family tree on Geni, with over 190 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. They married on November 27, 1916, in Danzig, and on Decemhad a son, Manfred, who would later become the mayor of Stuttgart. While at Cadet School, early in 1911, Erwin Rommel met his future wife, 17-year-old Lucia Maria Mollin (also called Lucie) (b. He was also known for his friendship with George Patton IV and David Montgomery, the sons of his father's two principal military adversaries. 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 the recipient of numerous foreign honours.


Rommel's policies were described as tolerant and liberal, and he was one of the most popular municipal politicians in Germany. 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.
