Hermann Aldinger

Hermann Aldinger was born on 19 August 1905 in Nürnberg, Germany.

He was born to a wealthy military family. In 1923 he joined the military. By 1937, he had achieved the rank of an officer and then became the right hand man of Erwin Rommel.

Him and Hans Speidel were amongst the most important of Rommel's subordinates.

In 1954, he travelled from New York to Miami in Nazi America in order to help the security of the transportation of Rommel on the New York-Miami Line. His right hand man, Reiner Eichberg was also present. He was shot by hijackers. He was transported by car to a hospital in Fredericksburg and then transported to a hospital in New York where he died of his injuries.