- Hubert Meyer
SS-
Obersturmbannführer Hubert Meyer (born 1913) was a GermanWaffen-SS officer who served with the 1.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" and was one of the commanders of the 12.SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend". After the war, he became active in the veteran's associationHIAG .Early Life - Pre-war SS service
Hubert Meyer was born in
Berlin onDecember 5 ,1913 . He joined theSS in 1933 and attended the SS Jukerschule inBad Tölz ,Bavaria . In 1937 asSS -Untersturmführer , Meyer was given platton command within the 10. Kompanie of theLeibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler .Early war campaigns
On
November 9 ,1938 Meyer was promoted toSS -Obersturmführer and saw action during the invasion ofPoland ,Holland andFrance , winning theIron Cross second class in November 1939. Following the fall ofFrance Mayer became the commander of 10. Kompanie (which was later renamed as the 12. Kompanie) and in November 1940 was promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer . Later, during the campaign in the Balkans, SS-Hauptsturmführer Meyer also won theIron Cross -first class.Operations in Russia
In the opening weeks of
Operation Barbarossa , Meyer's 12 Kompanie participated in the LSSAH advance onKiev . During this time Meyer's men were engaged by a detachment of well concealed enemy snipers and Meyer was severely wounded. Following his return on the battlefield he was posted to the Leibstandarte's "Artillerieregiment" for pre General Staff training where he remained until early 1943. OnFebruary 14 ,1943 SS-Hauptsturmführer Meyer was given the command of III./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt 1 and in this capacity participated in theThird Battle of Kharkov . On March 9, he was again wounded; this time by a shrapnel from a grenade while leading a counter-attack south ofKharkov .12.SS-Hitlerjugend
From June through September 1943, SS-
Sturmbannführer Meyer attended the 10th General Staff Officer course and after graduating was assigned to the newly formed 12.SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend". After the divisional commander SS-Brigadeführer Kurt Meyer was captured onSeptember 6 ,1944 by Belgian partisans in the town ofDurnal , Hubert Meyer took temporary command of the division. He relinquished his command onOctober 24 ,1944 to SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Kraemer , but stayed with the division for the remainder of the war and surrendered to the Americans onMay 8 ,1945 .ummary of SS career
Dates of rank
* SS-
Obersturmführer :November 9 ,1938
* SS-Hauptsturmführer :November 9 ,1940
* SS-Sturmbannführer :April 20 ,1943
* SS-Obersturmbannführer :November 9 ,1944 Notable decorations
*
German Cross in Gold (6 May 1943 )
*Eastern Front Medal (1942)
*Infantry Assault Badge in Bronze (1942)
*Iron Cross Second (1939) and First (1941) Classes
*Wound Badge in Black (1941)Authorship
Meyer subsequently wrote a multi-volume
German language history of his division, entitled "Kriegsgeschichte der 12. SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend", which was published in 1982 (ISBN 3-921242-51-7) and reprinted in 1996. The book was also translated into English and published in 1994 under the title "The History of the 12.SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend" (ISBN 0-921991-18-5), then re-published by Stackpole Books in 2005 as "The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division" (ISBN 0-8117-3198-7).References
* Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. "Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II". Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
* Yerger, Mark C. - Waffen-SS Commanders: Army, Corps, and Divisional Leaders, Vol.2 - Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 1999 - Pgs.104-106###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
before= SS-BrigadeführerKurt Meyer (Panzermeyer)
after= SS-BrigadeführerFritz Kraemer
title= Commander of12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
years=September 6 ,1944 -October 24 ,1944
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