October Legends and Americana Ending November 14th
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Booklet Signed “Rommel” in dark pencil on last page, 12p, 8.5” x 11.75”, pale green pictorial cover. Mimeographed text and drawings in purple. In German. Also signed on page 24 by 39 others. Three staples at spine. Fine condition.
Titled on cover “The Magnifying Glass” / “Critical Observations/ of the Rommel Course/ 21 April to 9 May 1934/ in the Sennelager. “ Poetry throughout. On the first page is a 24 line rhyming poem in German translating into: “The curse leader Major Rommel/ He was once the drum, / short for a course and square/ He was speechless with routine. “ In German “drum” is “Werbetrommel” which rhymes with Rommel! A caricature of Rommel in profile is on this page.
An inner page with a 10 line poem is titled “Psycho Analyse.” On the last page, upon which 40 have signed (most probably by students and instructors), is a 12 line rhyming poem which includes the word “Fuhrer.”
Erwin Rommel was an instructor at the Dresden Infantry School from 1929-1933 before he taught this course at Senne from April-May 1934. He met Hitler for the first time on September 30, 1934. In October 1934, Rommel was posted to the Infantry School in Potsdam as an instructor.
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