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Kurt Meyer ("Panzermeyer") was born on 23 December, 1910 in Jerxheim, Lower Saxony, German Empire, is a German SS officer (1910–1961). Discover Kurt Meyer's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?

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Age 51 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 23 December, 1910
Birthday 23 December
Birthplace Jerxheim, Lower Saxony, German Empire
Date of death 23 December, 1961
Died Place Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Nationality Germany

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1910

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.

Born in 1910 in Jerxheim, Meyer came from a lower-class working family.

1914

His father, a miner, joined the German Army in 1914 and was an NCO in World War I.

1928

Meyer began a business apprenticeship after completing elementary school, but became unemployed in 1928 and was forced to work as a handyman before becoming a policeman in Mecklenburg-Schwerin the following year.

1930

Politically active at an early age and a fanatical supporter of Nazism, Meyer joined the Hitler Youth when he was fifteen, became a full member of the Nazi Party in September 1930, and joined the SS in October 1931.

He was a guest at the marriage of Joseph Goebbels in December of that year.

1934

In May 1934, Meyer was transferred to the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH).

1938

With this unit (which later became part of the Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the SS), Meyer took part in the annexation of Austria in 1938 and the 1939 occupation of Czechoslovakia.

At the outbreak of World War II, Meyer participated in the invasion of Poland with the LSSAH, serving as commander for an anti-tank company (namely 14. Panzerabwehrkompanie).

1939

He was awarded the Iron Cross, Second Class, on 20September 1939.

In October, Meyer allegedly ordered the shooting of fifty Polish Jews as a reprisal near Modlin and court-martialled a platoon commander who refused to carry out his instructions.

He participated in the Battle of France and was awarded the Iron Cross, First Class.

Following the Battle of France, Meyer's company was reorganized into the LSSAH's reconnaissance battalion and he was promoted.

1941

Benito Mussolini's unsuccessful invasion of Greece prompted Germany to invade Yugoslavia and Greece in April 1941.

During the invasion, the battalion came under fire from the Greek Army defending the Klisura Pass.

After heavy fighting, Meyer's troops broke through the defensive lines; with the road now open, the German forces drove through to the Kastoria area to cut off retreating Greek and British Commonwealth forces.

After the campaign, Meyer was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

The LSSAH Division (including Meyer and his battalion) participated in Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, in June 1941 as part of Army Group South.

He and his unit quickly became infamous even among the LSSAH Division for mass-murdering civilians and destroying entire villages, such as when they murdered about 20 women, children, and old men at Rowno.

According to historian Jens Westemeier, Meyer was primarily responsible for the brutalization of the troops under his command.

His terror tactics were regarded with approval by the Waffen-SS command.

In combat against the Red Army, Meyer and his unit also achieved some military successes, while suffering the heaviest casualties among the LSSAH's battalions.

1942

He gained a reputation as an "audacious" leader during Operation Barbarossa, and was awarded the German Cross in Gold in 1942 while still with the LSSAH.

1943

In early 1943, Meyer's reconnaissance battalion participated in the Third Battle of Kharkov.

He reportedly ordered the destruction of a village during the fighting around Kharkov and the murder of all its inhabitants.

Different accounts of the events exist, though they share a general outline.

Meyer was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves for a successful attack on the village of Yefremovka (Jefremowka) on 20 February 1943, where his forces took no prisoners and killed about 1500 Soviet soldiers.

After the war, a former SS man described an incident which took place on Meyer's orders in Jefremowka in March 1943, following its occupation.

Billeted in the village, the eyewitness heard a pistol shot at 10:30 in the morning.

He ran to the door and saw an SS commander who demanded to see the company commander.

When the latter arrived, the SS commander shouted: "On the orders of Meyer, this town is to be levelled to the ground, because this morning armed civilians attacked this locality."

He then shot a 25-year-old woman who was cooking the German's lunch.

According to the testimony, the Waffen-SS men killed all the inhabitants of the village and set fire to their homes.

2012

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.

He became active in HIAG, a lobby group organised by former high-ranking Waffen-SS men, after his release.

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.