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Kurt Meyer
Kurt Meyer, nicknamed "Panzermeyer", (23 December 1910 – 23 December 1961) served as an officer in the Waffen-SS during the Second World War. He saw action in many major battles, including the Invasion of France, Operation Barbarossa, and the Battle of Normandy.
Meyer was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Upon promotion on 16 June 1944 at the age of 33 years, Meyer became one of the youngest divisional commanders in the Waffen-SS during the Second World War.〔Meyer 2005, p. 238.〕 After the war he was convicted for war crimes relating to the shooting of Allied prisoners in Normandy. Meyer died in 1961.
==Early life==
Kurt Adolph Wilhelm Meyer was born in Jerxheim, Duchy of Brunswick (now Lower Saxony) on 23 December 1910.〔Foster 1986, p. 31.〕 He came from a lower-class family, his father being employed as a factory worker. In 1914, his father joined the Imperial German Army and served as an NCO in the First World War, obtaining the rank of Sergeant Major before being discharged for wounds received in battle.〔Foster 1986, p. 36.〕
Meyer attended school in Jerxheim. After completing his education, Meyer found work as an apprentice shopkeeper,〔Foster 1986, p. 47–51.〕 followed by work in road construction and then as a mailman.〔Foster 1986, p. 92.〕 He applied to join the Mecklenburg ''Landespolizei'' (Police force) and was accepted on 1 October 1929.
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