Franz Kutschera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franz Kutschera

austrian policeman and war criminal

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1904

Place of Birth: Oberwaltersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 01-Feb-1944

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician, police officer

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Franz Kutschera (22 February 1904 – 1 February 1944) was an Austrian Nazi politician and government official.
He held numerous political and military positions with the Nazi Party and the Schutzstaffel (SS) both before and after the German Anschluss of Austria in 1938.
During World War II he served with the SS in France, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. In 1943 he was appointed SS and Police Leader in German-occupied Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
He was targeted for assassination by the Polish Home Army resistance movement in agreement with the Polish government in exile and was shot and killed in front of the Warsaw SS headquarters in a special action by the combat-sabotage unit of Kedyw.