Otto Scrinzi

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Otto Scrinzi (5 February 1918 in Lienz, Tirol – 2 January 2012 in Moosburg, Austria), was an Austrian neurologist, journalist and politician (VdU/FPÖ).

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References

  1. ↑ ORF-Carinthia: Otto Scrinzi tot - Trauer bei FPK/FPÖ.
  2. ↑ Kleine Zeitung: “Ich bin Fundamentalist und kein Extremist”.
  3. ↑ Der Standard: Rathkolb: “Scrinzi war am rechtsextremen Rand der FPÖ”.
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