Aloyse Meyer [SEP] occupation
Aloyse Meyer
Aloyse Meyer, born 31 October 1883 in Clervaux, and died 3 May 1952, was a Luxembourgish engineer and manager in the steel industry.
He studied engineering at the university of Aachen, and in 1903 was employed by the Dudelange office of works. A few months later he became "Ingenieur adjoint" at the foundry in Dudelange, in 1906 Chef de service and in 1912 director. In 1918, he was appointed to the headquarters of Arbed as technical director, becoming its director-general in 1920
-powerful occupation authorities, also seems doubtful: Luxembourgish managers remained in their posts until the general strike of 1942. The Luxembourgish board of directors of ARBED remained in place until March 1942, when it was replaced by a board consisting of three Germans and two Luxembourgers, including Aloyse Meyer.
The latter was never made totally powerless: Like the "Gauleiter", Meyer wanted to avoid ARBED being broken up, which made them allies in a sense. It was also the "Gauleiter" who ensured that Meyer was named