Fritz ter Meer
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Fritz ter Meer | |
Born | June 4, 1884 Uerdingen, Germany |
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Died | October 27, 1967 (aged 83) Leverkusen, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Institutions | IG Farben, Bayer |
Fritz ter Meer ( July 4 1884 – October 27 1967 ) was a German chemist.
He was the son of Edmund ter Meer the founder of a chemical company later becoming part of Bayer. Fritz ter Meer also worked for Bayer and later IG Farben. He was involved in the planing satellite camp of KZ Auschwitz Monowitz concentration camp. He was sentenced to seven years prison by the Nuremberg Trials in 1948. After he was released in 1951 he became supervisory board chairman (Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender) of the Bayer AG. He retired in 1961.
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- Heine, Jens Ulrich (1990). Verstand und Schicksal. Die Männer der I.G. Farbenindustrie A.G. (1925-1945). VCH. ISBN 978-3527281442.