Dr. Erich Meyer was born on December 6, 1890, in Hamburg. In May 1931, he moved to St. Ingbert with his mother and sister Käthe, where he opened a medical practice. Under Gestapo surveillance, he sold his practice and fled with his family in 1935 to Switzerland, then to Milan in 1936, and finally emigrated to Cuba on January 12, 1939. He died in Havana on June 18, 1964.
Käthe Meyer, born on October 12, 1904, in Hamburg, also moved to St. Ingbert in 1931. After fleeing with her family via Switzerland and Milan, she emigrated to Cuba in 1939, where she died in Havana on December 29, 1989.
