Otto Wächter(1901-1949)
- Actor
Otto Wächter was first and foremost an Austrian lawyer and politician. A member of the Austrian Party, he took part in the July Coup in 1934. After the Anschluss, he became Secretary of State in charge of expelling those who did not submit to the new regime.
Governor of the Krakow district (Poland and Ukraine) on behalf of the Third Reich, he took part in organizing the expulsion and deportation of Jews.
After the war, wanted for war crimes, he went into hiding in Rome and, to survive, landed a few roles as an extra at Cinecittà, a month before his death.