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'''Emil Heinrich Meyer''' (born 6 May 1886 in [[Wiesbaden]] - died 9 May 1945 in [[Berlin]]) was a [[Germany|German]] business executive. Meyer was a board member at the [[ITT Corporation]]'s Germany-based subsidiaries Standard Elektrik Lorenz and [[Mix & Genest]] as well as [[AEG]].<ref name="Nine">[http://www.reformation.org/wall-st-ch9.html CHAPTER NINE - Wall Street and the Nazi Inner Circle]</ref>
'''Emil Heinrich Meyer''' (6 May 1886 in [[Wiesbaden]] – 9 May 1945 in [[Berlin]]) was a German business executive. Meyer was a board member at the [[ITT Corporation]]'s Germany-based subsidiaries Standard Elektrik Lorenz and [[Mix & Genest]] as well as [[AEG (German company)|AEG]].<ref name="Nine">[http://www.reformation.org/wall-st-ch9.html CHAPTER NINE – Wall Street and the Nazi Inner Circle]</ref>


Meyer was a cousin of the industrialist [[Wilhelm Keppler]]<ref>See Bähr, 2006, and [http://www.reformed-theology.org/html/books/wall_street/chapter_05.htm CHAPTER FIVE - I.T.T. Works Both Sides of the War].</ref> and became a member of the ''[[Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft]]'', a group of industrialists committed to [[Racialism (racial categorization)|racialism]] and close to [[far right]] politics, led by Keppler.<ref name="Nine"/> The group supported the [[Nazi Party]], which Meyer joined in 1933.<ref name="Klee">Ernst Klee, ''Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945'', Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Zweite aktualisierte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main 2005, p. 407.</ref> He was one of three directors of the [[Dresdner Bank]], the others being [[Karl Rasche]] and [[Fritz Kranefuss]], to belong to the exclusive ''Freunde des [[Reichsführer-SS]]'' circle, a development of Keppler's group.<ref>G.S. Graber, ''History of the SS'', Diamond Books, 1994, p. 123</ref> As such he had the courtesy rank of [[Standartenführer]] in the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]]. In 1935 he was made an honorary professor for Genossenschaftswesen at the prestigious [[Handelshochschule Berlin]] as well as a member of the Nazi Academy for German Law.<ref name="Klee"/>
Meyer was a cousin of the industrialist [[Wilhelm Keppler]]<ref>See Bähr, 2006, and [http://www.reformed-theology.org/html/books/wall_street/chapter_05.htm CHAPTER FIVE – I.T.T. Works Both Sides of the War] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804234322/http://www.reformed-theology.org/html/books/wall_street/chapter_05.htm |date=2010-08-04 }}.</ref> and became a member of the ''[[Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft]]'', a group of industrialists committed to [[Racialism (racial categorization)|racialism]] and close to [[far right]] politics, led by Keppler.<ref name="Nine"/> The group supported the [[Nazi Party]], which Meyer joined in 1933.<ref name="Klee">Ernst Klee, ''Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945'', Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Zweite aktualisierte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main 2005, p. 407.</ref> He was one of three directors of the [[Dresdner Bank]], the others being [[Karl Rasche]] and [[Fritz Kranefuss]], to belong to the exclusive ''Freunde des [[Reichsführer-SS]]'' circle, a development of Keppler's group.<ref>G.S. Graber, ''History of the SS'', Diamond Books, 1994, p. 123</ref> As such he had the courtesy rank of [[Standartenführer]] in the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]]. In 1935 he was made an honorary professor for Genossenschaftswesen at the prestigious [[Handelshochschule Berlin]] as well as a member of the Nazi Academy for German Law.<ref name="Klee"/>


During the latter stages of the [[Second World War]] Meyer was involved in Ostindustrie GmbH, a forced labour enterprise attached to the [[SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt]] set up by [[Oswald Pohl]] in the [[General Government]] area of [[Poland]] in 1943.<ref name="Klee"/> Meyer committed [[suicide]] in [[Berlin]] in 1945.<ref name="Klee"/>
During the latter stages of the [[Second World War]], Meyer was involved in Ostindustrie GmbH, a forced labour enterprise attached to the [[SS Main Economic and Administrative Office]] set up by [[Oswald Pohl]] in the [[General Government]] area of [[Poland]] in 1943.<ref name="Klee"/> Meyer committed [[suicide]] in [[Berlin]] in 1945.<ref name="Klee"/>


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Emil Heinrich Meyer (6 May 1886 in Wiesbaden – 9 May 1945 in Berlin) was a German business executive. Meyer was a board member at the ITT Corporation's Germany-based subsidiaries Standard Elektrik Lorenz and Mix & Genest as well as AEG.[1]

Meyer was a cousin of the industrialist Wilhelm Keppler[2] and became a member of the Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft, a group of industrialists committed to racialism and close to far right politics, led by Keppler.[1] The group supported the Nazi Party, which Meyer joined in 1933.[3] He was one of three directors of the Dresdner Bank, the others being Karl Rasche and Fritz Kranefuss, to belong to the exclusive Freunde des Reichsführer-SS circle, a development of Keppler's group.[4] As such he had the courtesy rank of Standartenführer in the SS. In 1935 he was made an honorary professor for Genossenschaftswesen at the prestigious Handelshochschule Berlin as well as a member of the Nazi Academy for German Law.[3]

During the latter stages of the Second World War, Meyer was involved in Ostindustrie GmbH, a forced labour enterprise attached to the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office set up by Oswald Pohl in the General Government area of Poland in 1943.[3] Meyer committed suicide in Berlin in 1945.[3]

Sources

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  • Johannes Bähr: Die Dresdner Bank im Dritten Reich, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2006 (co-authors: Ralf Ahrens, Michael C. Schneider, Harald Wixforth, Dieter Ziegler; see especially first volume, p. 92/93)

References

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  1. ^ a b CHAPTER NINE – Wall Street and the Nazi Inner Circle
  2. ^ See Bähr, 2006, and CHAPTER FIVE – I.T.T. Works Both Sides of the War Archived 2010-08-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ a b c d Ernst Klee, Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Zweite aktualisierte Auflage, Frankfurt am Main 2005, p. 407.
  4. ^ G.S. Graber, History of the SS, Diamond Books, 1994, p. 123
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