Konrad Meyer-Hetling was a German agronomist and SS-Oberfuhrer.
10 Facts About Konrad Meyer
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Konrad Meyer is best known for his involvement in the development of Generalplan Ost.
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Konrad Meyer studied agronomy at the University of Gottingen and received his doctorate in 1926 with a thesis on crop production.
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Konrad Meyer became an assistant at the university and did his habilitation in 1930.
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From 1930 to 1933, Konrad Meyer worked as a docent at the University of Gottingen, and in 1934, he became a full professor at the University of Jena.
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Konrad Meyer was one of the key agricultural scientists and spatial planners of the Nazi era, and served as the chief editor of the main journals of the field.
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Konrad Meyer joined the NSDAP on 1 February 1932, and the SS on 20 June 1933.
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From 1944 to 1945, the end of the war, Konrad Meyer served an officer in a Waffen-SS officer training school.
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Konrad Meyer was found guilty of being a member of a criminal organization but not guilty of war crimes or crimes against humanity.
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Konrad Meyer was released in 1948, and in 1956, he was appointed professor of agriculture and regional planning at Leibniz University Hannover, where he worked until his retirement, in 1964.