!!!Wächter, Otto Gustav

Waechter, Otto Gustav, b. Vienna, July 8, 1901, d. Rome 
(Italy), Aug. 14, 1949, law graduate and National Socialist 
politician. 1932-1934 lawyer, from 1923 member of the SA, from 1930 
member of the NSDAP, held high positions in Vienna; from 1932 member 
of the SS (group leader). Played a leading role in the preparations 
for the  July Putsch of 1934. Fled to Germany (deprived of Austrian 
citizenship). May 24, 1938 - April 30, 1939 Staatskommissar in the 
"liquidation ministry" under the National Socialist interior minister  
Seyss-Inquart, from Oct. 1939 governor of the administrative district 
Kraków, 1942-1944 governor of the NS Galicia district of the 
"general government" (Poland). After 1945 found refuge in a Catholic 
group in Rome under the name of Otto Reinhardt.

!Literature
N. v. Preradovich, Oe. hoehere SS-Fuehrer, 1987.


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