Original: He was the second of four children of a Protestant headmaster of the secondary school at Aalen -- Prof. Erwin Rommel the elder ( 1860 -- 1913 ) and Helene von Luz , a daughter of a prominent local dignitary -- who had two other sons , Karl and Gerhard , and a daughter , Helene .
Simplified: He was the second of four children of a Protestant headmaster of the secondary school at Aalen , Prof. Erwin Rommel the elder ( 1860 -- 1913 ) , and Helene von Luz , a daughter of a prominent local dignitary .