Rommel Museum, Mersa Matruh

Last updated February 19, 2019

The Rommel Museum is a museum dedicated to the memory of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in Mersa Matruh in Egypt.

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Mersa Matruh is a port in Egypt, capital of Matrouh Governorate. It is 240 km (150 mi) west of Alexandria and 222 km (138 mi) from Sallum on the main highway from the Nile Delta to the Libyan border. Another highway leads south from the town, toward the Western Desert and Siwa Oasis and Bahariya Oasis.

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It opened in 1977 on the initiative of the Egyptian government and with support of the West German government, to establish a museum in Rommel's honour. It is located in the caves Rommel used as his headquarters during part of the El Alamein campaign, and has since become a tourist attraction. Rommel's son Manfred Rommel, then the Lord Mayor of Stuttgart, was guest of honour at the opening and donated several of Rommel's belongings to the museum. The museum reopened in 2017 after several years of restoration work on the caves.^[1]

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An island, a beach and a bridge near the museum are also named for Rommel. There is also a Rommel Café and a Rommel Hotel.^[2]

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References

↑ Rommel Museum in Egypt will open by the end of Ramadan, 17 May 2017, Middle East News
↑ Anne McLachlan, Keith Stanley McLachlan, Egypt Handbook, p. 375, 2000

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[1] Rommel Museum in Egypt will open by the end of Ramadan, 17 May 2017, Middle East News

[2] Anne McLachlan, Keith Stanley McLachlan, Egypt Handbook, p. 375, 2000