Early Life – Pre-war SS Service
Meyer was born in Berlin on 5 December 1913. He joined the SS in 1933 and attended the SS Junkerschule in Bad Tölz, Bavaria. In 1937 as SS-Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant), Meyer was given platoon command within the 10. Kompanie of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.
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