Kurt Meier

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kurt Meier
Occupation	Bobsledder
Date Of Birth	Dec 23, 1910(1910-12-23)
Age	114
Date Of Death	December 23, 1961, Hagen, Germany
Birthplace	Jerxheim
Country	Germany
Birth City	Lower Saxony

Kurt Meier Biography

Kurt Meier is one of the most popular and richest Bobsledder who was born on December 23, 1910 in Jerxheim, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Kurt Meyer (23 December 1910 – 23 December 1961) was an SS commander and 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.

By 22:00, Meyer had set up his command post in Ardenne Abbey. That evening, elements of the division under Meyer’s command committed the Ardenne Abbey massacre; eleven Canadian prisoners of war, soldiers from the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the 27th Armoured Regiment were shot in the back of the head.

Kurt Meier Net Worth

Kurt Meier is one of the richest Bobsledder from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kurt Meier 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in 1910 in Jerxheim, Meyer came from a lower-class working family. His father, a miner, joined the German Army in 1914 and was an NCO in World War I. 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.

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Ukrainian sources, including two surviving witnesses, reported that the killings took place on 17 February 1943. On 12 February, LSSAH troops had occupied two villages: Yefremovka and Semyonovka. Retreating Soviet forces had wounded two SS officers. In retaliation, LSSAH troops killed 872 men, women and children five days later; about 240 were burned alive in the church in Yefremovka. Russian sources reported that the massacre was perpetrated by the “Blowtorch Battalion”, led by Jochen Peiper. Meyer continued to serve in the LSSAH until the summer of 1943, when he was appointed commander of a regiment of the newly-activated, still-forming SS Division Hitlerjugend stationed in France.

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Lacy Ranked on the list of most popular Bobsledder. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Kurt Meier celebrates birthday on December 23 of every year.

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.