Human: Why was Erwin Rommel acquitted at the Nuremberg Trial? Assistant: 
Rommel was acquitted because he was not a member of the Nazi party. The Nuremberg trials were a series of war crimes trials held in Germany after World War II. The defendants were all members of the Nazi Party and the German military. Rommel was charged with war crimes, but was not a member of the Nazi Party. He was found not guilty of these charges.