Born Maria Gertrud, she was the daughter of Erwin Rommel and Walburga Stemmer. Her parents did not marry one another.
She was born at Weingarten, a town in Württemberg, in the District of Ravensburg, Germany. She died at the town of Kempten.
She married Josef Pan, a fruit vendor, and had three children; Josef, Helga and Anton.
Gertrud exchanged hundreds of letters with her famous father. She knitted him a scarf which he wore frequently at the battlefront. Lucie, wife of Erwin Rommel, knew about Gertrud. Lucie explained to her children that Gertrud was their cousin, when she was actually their older half-sister.
Gertrud was a frequent visitor to the family of Erwin Rommmel and was at Rommel's hospital bedside after he returned ill from Africa. There, she answered the telephone when a furious Hitler ordered Rommel back to Africa. She stayed close to the family even after her father's death.
She was born at Weingarten, a town in Württemberg, in the District of Ravensburg, Germany. She died at the town of Kempten.
She married Josef Pan, a fruit vendor, and had three children; Josef, Helga and Anton.
Gertrud exchanged hundreds of letters with her famous father. She knitted him a scarf which he wore frequently at the battlefront. Lucie, wife of Erwin Rommel, knew about Gertrud. Lucie explained to her children that Gertrud was their cousin, when she was actually their older half-sister.
Gertrud was a frequent visitor to the family of Erwin Rommmel and was at Rommel's hospital bedside after he returned ill from Africa. There, she answered the telephone when a furious Hitler ordered Rommel back to Africa. She stayed close to the family even after her father's death.
Born Maria Gertrud, she was the daughter of Erwin Rommel and Walburga Stemmer. Her parents did not marry one another.
She was born at Weingarten, a town in Württemberg, in the District of Ravensburg, Germany. She died at the town of Kempten.
She married Josef Pan, a fruit vendor, and had three children; Josef, Helga and Anton.
Gertrud exchanged hundreds of letters with her famous father. She knitted him a scarf which he wore frequently at the battlefront. Lucie, wife of Erwin Rommel, knew about Gertrud. Lucie explained to her children that Gertrud was their cousin, when she was actually their older half-sister.
Gertrud was a frequent visitor to the family of Erwin Rommmel and was at Rommel's hospital bedside after he returned ill from Africa. There, she answered the telephone when a furious Hitler ordered Rommel back to Africa. She stayed close to the family even after her father's death.
She was born at Weingarten, a town in Württemberg, in the District of Ravensburg, Germany. She died at the town of Kempten.
She married Josef Pan, a fruit vendor, and had three children; Josef, Helga and Anton.
Gertrud exchanged hundreds of letters with her famous father. She knitted him a scarf which he wore frequently at the battlefront. Lucie, wife of Erwin Rommel, knew about Gertrud. Lucie explained to her children that Gertrud was their cousin, when she was actually their older half-sister.
Gertrud was a frequent visitor to the family of Erwin Rommmel and was at Rommel's hospital bedside after he returned ill from Africa. There, she answered the telephone when a furious Hitler ordered Rommel back to Africa. She stayed close to the family even after her father's death.
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