Fritz ter Meer
German chemist (1884ā1967) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fritz ter Meer (4 July 1884 ā 27 October 1967) was a German chemist, Bayer board chairman, Nazi Party member and war criminal.
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Fritz ter Meer | |
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Born | (1884-07-04)4 July 1884 |
Died | 27 October 1967(1967-10-27) (aged 83) Leverkusen, West Germany |
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Fields | Chemistry |
Institutions | IG Farben, Bayer |
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From 1925 to 1945 Fritz ter Meer was on the board of IG Farben AG. He was involved in the planning of Monowitz concentration camp, a satellite camp of KZ Auschwitz. Fritz ter Meer was sentenced to seven years in prison in the Nuremberg Trials in 1948 for "mass murder and enslavement".[1] After his release in 1951 he was selected as chairman of the board of directors for Bayer AG. [2]