Recitazione

Kurt Meyer

Data di nascita

23 dicembre 1910

Data di morte

23 dicembre 1961

(morto a 51 anni)

Luogo di nascita

Jerxheim, German Empire

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Biografia

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.