1. Alfred-Ingemar Berndt wrote an eyewitness account of the 1940 German invasion of the Low Countries and France filled with distortions and falsehoods, he is considered the propagandistic creator of the Rommel myth attached to German field marshal Erwin Rommel.
Alfred-Ingemar Berndt was the son of Gustav Berndt and Alma Berndt, who were expelled and dispossessed from Posen in 1920, a result of the Versailles Treaty.
In December 1928, after an interrupted study of German literature and volunteer work for German newspapers, Alfred-Ingemar Berndt got a job at Wolffs Telegraphisches Bureau, the largest news agency in Germany.
In February 1938, reacting to Hitler's taking complete control of the Wehrmacht, Alfred-Ingemar Berndt told the press that no street fighting or troop mutiny had occurred; the frontiers had not been closed, and no army officers had been executed.
At the instigation of Otto Dietrich, Alfred-Ingemar Berndt was replaced as head of the press department by Hans Fritzsche, in December 1938.
On 30 August 1939, two days before the start of the Second World War, Alfred-Ingemar Berndt was appointed Head of Broadcasting of the Propaganda Ministry.
In February 1940, Alfred-Ingemar Berndt reported that he had fulfilled his task of adapting the German broadcasting system to the requirements of war and war propaganda.
Alfred-Ingemar Berndt was awarded the Iron Cross second class on 27 May 1940.
In September 1944, through the mediation of Heinrich Himmler, Alfred-Ingemar Berndt was given the rank of SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer, in the Waffen-SS.
Alfred-Ingemar Berndt was buried in 1945 to the west of Kormend, Hungary.