Rudolf Meister, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolf Meister

German General and Knight's Cross recipients

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1897

Place of Birth: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 11-Sep-1958

Profession: military officer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Rudolf Meister (1 August 1897 – 11 September 1958) was a German general (General der Flieger) in the Luftwaffe during World War II who commanded the 4th Air Corps.
He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Meister surrendered to the American troops in May 1945 and was interned until 1948. In 1950, Meister was one of the authors of the Himmerod memorandum which addressed the issue of rearmament (Wiederbewaffnung) of the Federal Republic of Germany after World War II.