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Walter Meyer
German rower (1904–1949).
Born September 14th, 1904 in Tangermünde.
Died December 5th, 1949 at 45 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (tuberculosis).
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon