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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 37
Top works
- Das zivilprozessuale Armenrecht im Kanton Zug
- Grenadiers
- Kriegsgefangener in Stalingrad
- Temporäre Immobilisierung lockerer Zähne bei Aveolarpyorrhoe
- Über die Diffusion in Gallerten
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1973-12-24
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 9
- Total plays
- 13
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1910-12-23 ) 23 December 1910, Jerxheim , Lower Saxony , German Empire
- Died
- 23 December 1961 (1961-12-23) (aged 51), Hagen , North Rhine-Westphalia , West Germany
- Known for
- Ardenne Abbey massacre , Spokesperson for HIAG
- Criminal status
- Deceased
- Conviction
- War crimes (3 counts)
- Criminal penalty
- Death ; commuted to life imprisonment ; further commuted to 14 years imprisonment
- Nickname
- Panzermeyer
- Allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- Branch
- Waffen-SS
- Service years
- 1934–1944
- Rank
- SS- Brigadeführer
- Service number
- NSDAP #316,714 SS #17,559
- Commands
- 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
- Conflicts
- World War II Battle of France Balkans Campaign Operation Barbarossa Third Battle of Kharkov Operation Overlord ( Prisoner of war</span>"}]]}'>POW )
- Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Kurt Meyer (23 December 1910 – 23 December 1961) was an SS commander and convicted war criminal of Nazi Germany. He served in the Waffen-SS (the combat branch of the SS) and participated in the Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, and other engagements during World War II. Meyer commanded the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend during the Allied invasion of Normandy, and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.
After ordering the mass murder of civilians and prisoners of war (POWs) several times during the conflict, Meyer was convicted of war crimes for his role in the Ardenne Abbey massacre (the murder of Canadian POWs in Normandy). He was sentenced to death, but the sentence was later commuted to life in prison. Released in 1954, he subsequently became active in HIAG, a lobby group organised by former high-ranking Waffen-SS men. Meyer was a leading Waffen-SS apologist and HIAG's most effective spokesperson, depicting most of the Waffen-SS as apolitical, recklessly brave fighters who were not involved in the crimes of the Nazi regime. These notions have since been debunked by historians.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kurt Meyer” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.