Fritz ter Meer
Fritz ter Meer (4 July 1884 – 27 October 1967) was a German chemist, Bayer board chairman, Nazi Party member and war criminal.
Fritz ter Meer | |
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Fritz ter Meer | |
| Born | 4 July 1884 Uerdingen, Rhine Province, Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 27 October 1967 (aged 83) Leverkusen, West Germany |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| Institutions | IG Farben, Bayer |
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". After his release in 1951 he was selected as chairman of the board of directors for Bayer AG.
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