Otto Scrinzi
Politician
1918 – 2012
Who was Otto Scrinzi?
Otto Scrinzi was an Austrian neurologist, journalist and politician.
During the Austrian Anschluss with Nazi Germany and World War II, Scrinzi was a member of the Hitler Youth, the Nazi Party and an SA Sturmführer. Later, he became the leading representative of the German nationalist wing of the so-called “third camp”, namely the Federation of Independents and later the Freedom Party of Austria. While he described himself as “national-conservative”, “right-wing” and “conservative”, others outside the FPÖ described him as a far-right politician.
He got the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.
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- Born
- Feb 5, 1918
Lienz - Nationality
- Austria
- Profession
- Died
- Jan 2, 2012
Moosburg
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on July 23, 2013
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