Kurt Meyer

Kurt Adolf Wilhelm Meyer known as Panzermeyer born the December 23rd 1910 with Jerxheim, in the Duchy of Brunswick integrated in the Empire German, and deceased the December 23rd 1961 with Hagen in Rhineland-of-North-Westphalia (the Federal Republic of Germany), was useful as an officer in the Waffen-SS, received several decorations military, and condemned for war crimes.

Biography

Wire of a workman and a mother without employment, the Kurt young person is constrained to give up his studies in the commercial field, after the death of his father, in order to provide for the needs for his family. He enters then a mining company in 1929.

A little later it engages in the police force of Mecklembourg and ends up adhering to NSDAP on September 1st 1930. One year afterwards, it is allowed with the 22e SS-Standarte of Schwerin, then transferred the May 15th 1934 to Leibstandarte S Adolf Hitler like S Untersturmführer where it orders 14th Panzerabwehr Kompanie in particular during the invasion of the Poland. It receives the Croix of iron of second class during this countryside, the September 25th 1939.

The night of September 7th, it receives a Polish ball in the shoulder, it is its first wound with the combat. A little later it becomes ordering 15th Kradschützen Kompanie which it orders until in France, where it receives the Croix of iron of first classifies on May 31st, 1940, and with the Netherlands. Its company becomes Aufklärungsabteilung of Leibstandarte S Adolf Hitler and Meyer is promoted with the rank of S Sturmbannführer. February 23rd, 1943, it receives the Croix of Knight of the iron Cross with sheets of oak.

June 16th, 1944, Meyer takes the head of the 12th Panzerdivision S Hitlerjugend (it succeeds Fritz Witt, killed during a bombardment), a unit based in Normandy and composed of young members of the Jeunesses hitlériennes. Following its actions, it receives the Croix of Knight of the Cross of iron with sheets of oak and swords the August 27th 1944 (n°91).

Its career of officer S

The lawsuit of Kurt Meyer

After its arrest on September 6th, 1944 by resistant Belgians, Meyer will appear on December 10th, 1945 before a Canadian martial court for the murder of 11 prisoners on June 7th, 1944 and 7 Canadian prisoners on June 8th, 1944. Among his judges, sits the Foster general, who was his adversary at the time of the Bataille of Normandy.

Meyer will deny to have ordered the massacres and will declare that it was informed only on June 11th. Justice not being able to prove if Meyer had given or not the orders of execution, it was recognized guilty to have encouraged its subordinates not to make prisoners, and thus to be morally responsible for the exactions of the men of its division.
He was condemned to died on December 28th, 1945, pains commuted to detention with perpetuity by Major General Chris Vokes which evoked a " beam of soupçons" rather than of the evidence tangibles.
Moreover of the exactions took place on the 2 sides (execution of German prisoners of war to this same battle with the doors of Caen). Lastly, these exactions do not seem any more to occur once Kurt Meyer takes the command following the death of Witt.
It was released for good behavior on September 7th, 1954 and returned to Germany where it died on December 23rd, 1961 of an heart attack, the day of its birthday.

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