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Otto Merz

German racecar driver, witness to assassination of Archduke Ferdinand (1889–1933)

  • Fame43.1
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Lived 1889–1933, aged 44Germany
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    1889–1933
    Aged 44
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Updated 2026-06-19

Otto Merz was a German racing driver, chauffeur and mechanic. He was a driver in the motorcade during the 1914 assassination of Archuduke Franz Ferdinand and later won the second running of the German Grand Prix in 1927. He died in a crash during practice for the 1933 Avusrennen in a modified Mercedes SSK on 18 May 1933.

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