What is Hajo Meyer?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Hajo Meyer | birth_name = |image = Hajo Meyer - 2011.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|8|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Bielefeld]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], Germany | death_date = {{death date and age|2014|8|23|1924|8|12|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Heiloo]], [[The Netherlands]] | field = [[theoretical physics|Theoretical physicist]] | nationality = German-Dutch }} '''Hajo Meyer''' (12 August 1924 &ndash; 23 August 2014) was a [[Germany|German]]-[[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[physics|physicist]] and [[Jews|Jewish]] [[political activism|political activist]].<ref>{{Cite web| last = Verhey| first = Elma| title = Interview - Hajo Meyer| publisher = Tribune, [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)]]| date = September 2006| url = http://www.sp.nl/nieuws/tribune/200609/interview_hajo_meyer.shtml| accessdate = 2010-05-02}}</ref> ==Family== He was born in [[Bielefeld]]. In 1938, Meyer escaped from [[Nazi Germany]] to the Netherlands alone, without his parents.<ref>{{Cite web| last = Murray| first = Grahame| authorlink = |author2=Watt, Chris| title =Auschwitz survivor: ‘Israel acts like Nazis’| publisher = [[Herald Scotland]]| date = 2010-01-24| url = http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/auschwitz-survivor-israel-acts-like-nazis-1.1000918| accessdate = 2010-05-02}}</ref> He went into hiding in 1943, but was arrested after a year and spent ten months in [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]]. His parents, who were deported from Germany. They did not survive. ==Works== 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 [[violin]]s and [[viola]]s. On 23 August 2014, Meyer died in his sleep at the age of 90 in [[The Hague]], Netherlands. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{wikiquote-inline}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Meyer, Hajo}} [[Category:1924