 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva apo Meyer akanga ari mutungamiriri anoshanda, masayendisiti akatanhamara akashanda pachikoro, kubatanidza George de Hevesy, Victor Francis Hess naFriedrich Paneth. NeAnschluss Österreichsmuna 1938, kubatanidzwa kweAustria neNazi Germany, Meyer somuJudha aifanira kusiya basa. Akakumbira kuenda pamudyandigere asati amanikidzwa kubuda muchipatara. Akagara mumba make mumaruwa eAustria uye, nemhaka yokupindira kwavanhu vanoverengeka, akasiyiwa asina kukuvadzwa kwehondo yose. Mukoma wake mukuru Hans Leopold Meyer, purofesa wekemisitiri, akanga asina kudzivirirwa zvikuru uye akaurayiwa mumusasa wechibharo weTheresienstadt muna 1942. Pashure pehondo, Meyer akaruramiswa ndokubvumirwa kudzokera kuInstitute yake somutungamiriri. Meyer akafira muBad Ischl muna 1949 uye akavigwa muBad Ischl Friedhof. 