Rommel spent his convalescence from the accident at his home in Herrlingen. His son Manfred, enlisted in a Wehrmacht air defense unit, received special permission to accompany him. Also in the house were his wife Lucie, Captain Aldinger, and an orderly. At first Rommel also had a sentinel service at the garden gate, provided by a nearby Wehrmacht barracks, but as the days passed this service was withdrawn "by superior order." It was only a matter of time before the famous marshal fell ...