Otto Planetta
Austrian murderer
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| Intro | Austrian murderer | |
| A.K.A. | Planetta | |
| A.K.A. | Planetta | |
| Places | Austria | |
| was | Murderer | |
| Work field | Crime | |
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| Birth | 2 August 1899, Vyškov, Czech Republic | |
| Death | 31 July 1934Vienna, Austria (aged 35 years) | |
| Star sign | Leo | |
| Politics: | Nazi Party |
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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.