[QualityMan]

Rommel was never directly connected to the july 20 plot.

hitler’s retribution eventually claimed almost 5000 lives.

Rommel took his own life, once given the option. Your assertion about his response after being approached is correct, as I understand it.

[jmacusa]

The Nazis went berserk. They instituted what was called ''sippenhaft' where by any family members, from husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, cousins, entire families of anyone even remotely connected to the plot were executed or sent to concentration camps.