Aloyse Meyer

Aloyse Meyer (31 October 1883 in Clervaux - 3 May 1952) was a Luxembourgish engineer and manager in the steel industry.

In 1925 Aloyse Meyer became the head of the Chamber of Commerce, and in 1928 after the death of Émile Mayrisch, became president of the European steel union.

Just before US troops liberated Luxembourg in September 1944, Meyer was arrested by the Gestapo, acting on orders from Berlin, and taken to a prison in Wittlich in western Germany, along with his son Frank, and the head of the steel trading association Columeta, Michel Goedert.

[1]: 32  They were later released from prison, but remained in Germany under Gestapo surveillance until the war's end, and were unable to return to Luxembourg until April 1945.

His son Robert Meyer, started his career in 1934 as an engineer at Heintz Van Landewyck.