Dilettantes Quotes by Manfred Rommel

[Erwin Rommel] explained why in short words, what the two generals' message and then he explained his position and he gave some reason for…

— Manfred Rommel

It may be that [Erwin Rommel] believed it to be possible to convince [Adolf] Hitler to go away and to end the war, but…

— Manfred Rommel

This is our problem, our dilemma, yes? We cannot celebrate and declare ourselves to belong to the victorious nations because our brothers and our…

— Manfred Rommel

So my father [Erwin Rommel] decided during the battle in Normandy, he knew really soon that it wasn't possible to win this battle. But…

— Manfred Rommel

[D-Day] means to me a beginning of the freedom of Europe. The freedom was the achievement of the military adversaries of the Germans.

— Manfred Rommel

My father [Erwin Rommel] believed that [Adolf] Hitler has a gift of touching the important points, the essential points.

— Manfred Rommel

Of course, [Adolf] Hitler was a dilettante, but he was a completely amoral person. Yes, he had no morals at all.

— Manfred Rommel

I remember when I was in the prisoner camp, I was a French prisoner. And I saw the first photograph from the concentration camps,…

— Manfred Rommel

It was very strange, because my father [ Erwin Rommel] received the first call at seven o'clock in the morning. And [Hans] Speidel told…

— Manfred Rommel

My father [Erwin Rommel] believed that Germany should have a great interest to leave the war with a peace under conditions.

— Manfred Rommel

I think my father [ Erwin Rommel] would have given the same answer. The British and Americans and the French were too strong, too…

— Manfred Rommel