Kurt “Panzer” Meyer was one of the youngest divisional commanders of World War II, leading the 12th SS Panzer Division “Hitlerjugend” in Normandy. Captured after the war, he was convicted for the ...
In Germany, Canada’s first big war crimes trial was on. In a paneled room in the onetime naval barracks at Aurich (18 miles northwest of Emden), impassive SS Major General Kurt (“Panzer”) Meyer, 33, ...