Otto Planetta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Planetta

Austrian murderer

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1899

Place of Birth: Vyškov, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 31-Jul-1934

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Otto Planetta (2 August 1899 in Vyškov, Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Czech Republic – 31 July 1934 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian Nazi.
On 25 July 1934 he murdered Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian Chancellor during the unsuccessful July Putsch, four years before the Anschluss.
He and the other assassins were members of SS Regiment 89.
He was sentenced to death and executed by hanging.
He was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering, his ashes are buried at Dornbacher Friedhof in Vienna.