While at Cadet School , early in 1911 , Erwin Rommel met his future wife , 17-year-old Lucia Maria Mollin ( also called Lucie ) ( b. 6 June 1894 in Danzig ; d. 26 September 1971 in Stuttgart ) . While at Cadet School , Rommel met his future wife , 17-year-old Lucia Maria Mollin ( commonly called Lucie ) .