Hubert Meyer
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Hubert Meyer | |
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| Born | 5 December 1913 |
| Died | 16 November 2012 (aged 98) |
| Known for | Chairman of HIAG, Waffen-SS lobby group |
| SS career | |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Waffen-SS |
| Years of service | 1933–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Obersturmbannführer |
| Commands | SS Division Hitlerjugend |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
Hubert Meyer (5 December 1913 – 16 November 2012) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era and a post-war activist. In World War II, Meyer served in the Waffen-SS and had junior postings with the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler; he briefly commanded the SS Division Hitlerjugend in 1944. After the war, he became active in HIAG, a Waffen-SS negationist lobby group, and was HIAG's last chairman before the group dissolved in 1992.
Born in 1913, Meyer joined the SS in 1933; in 1937 Meyer was posted to Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). He took part in the invasion of Poland, invasion of the Netherlands and invasion of France, and Operation Barbarossa. In February 1943 Meyer was given command of a regiment and participated in the Third Battle of Kharkov. He was awarded the German Cross in Gold on 6 May 1943. In September 1943 Meyer graduated from the General Staff Officer course and was assigned to the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. After the divisional commander Kurt Meyer was captured on 6 September 1944, Hubert Meyer took temporary command of the division until 24 October 1944.
In the years after the war, Meyer "repeatedly took part in battlefield studies with British, Canadian and United States veterans in Normandy and the Ardennes."[1]
