Rommel took poison on 14 October 1944 in exchange for a state funeral and pensions for his family

From October 1943 Erwin Rommel's family lived at Wippinger Steige 13 in Herrlingen. Until 1939 the house had belonged to a Jewish boarding school run by Hugo Rosenthal. From 1939 to 1942 it was a forced old-age home for Jewish residents, who were deported to Theresienstadt. On 14 October 1944 Generals Burgdorf and Maisel offered Rommel three choices: defend himself before Hitler, face the People's Court, or take poison. With poison, the regime would report a hero's death and hold a military burial, and his family would receive pensions. He chose cyanide. The official cause of death was given as the effects of his skull injuries. He had a state funeral in Ulm and is buried in Herrlingen cemetery. Lammers had invited him into the Konto 5 payment system in 1942. Historian Peter Lieb found no evidence that he took the money. In 1950 his widow Lucie co-edited his papers for publication. His son Manfred was mayor of Stuttgart from 1974 to 1996 and died on 7 November 2013. Stuttgart Airport carries Manfred's name. A Rommel museum opened in Herrlingen in 1989, and since 2018 it also covers the Jewish residents of Herrlingen^†.