Hajo Meyer
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Hajo Meyer | |
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| Born | 12 August 1924 Bielefeld, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany |
| Died | 23 August 2014 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | German-Dutch |
| Employer | Phillips |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physicist |
Hajo Meyer (12 August 1924 – 23 August 2014) was a Jewish German-Dutch physicist and an anti-Zionist political activist.[1][2]
Early life
Born in Bielefeld, in 1938 Meyer fled from Nazi Germany to the Netherlands alone, without his parents.[3] He went into hiding in 1943, but was arrested after a year and spent ten months in Auschwitz. His parents, who were deported there from Germany, did not survive.[citation needed]
Post-Holocaust
After the war, Meyer returned to the Netherlands, and studied theoretical physics. He started working for Philips and eventually became director of the Philips Physics Laboratory (NatLab). After his retirement he took courses in England and worked as a builder of new violins and violas.[citation needed]
Later career
In recent years, Meyer had been politically active, including as director of A Different Jewish Voice. He also wrote the book Het einde van het Jodendom (The End of Judaism) in 2003, which accuses Israel of abusing the Holocaust to justify crimes against the Palestinians. He was a member of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network. He participated in the 2011 "Never Again – For Anyone" tour. Meyer also claimed that Zionism predates fascism, that Zionists and fascists had a history of cooperation (Nazi/Zionist cooperation was the subject of 51 Documents: Zionist Collaboration with the Nazis, which was collected and edited by Lenni Brenner), and that Israel wants to create anti-Semitism in the world to encourage more Jews to migrate to Israel.[4] He had spoken in favor of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel.[5] Hajo Meyer was a member of the Dutch GreenLeft.[citation needed]
Death
On 23 August 2014, Meyer died in his sleep in Heiloo, Netherlands at the age of 90.
References
- ^ "Jews sans frontieres: In Memoriam: Dr Hajo Meyer". Jewssansfrontieres.blogspot.com. 2014-08-25. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ^ Verhey, Elma (September 2006). "Interview – Hajo Meyer". Tribune, Socialist Party (Netherlands). Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ Murray, Grahame; Watt, Chris (24 January 2010). "Auschwitz survivor: 'Israel acts like Nazis'". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ [1] Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Kerrison, Mark (2010-01-29). "Auschwitz survivor supports campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel". Demotix.com. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
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