Otto Ernst Remer

Otto Ernst Remer was a German Wehrmacht officer in World War II who played a major role in stopping the 20 July plot in 1944 against Adolf Hitler. In his later years, he became a politician and far-right activist. He co-founded the Socialist Reich Party in West Germany in the 1950s and is considered an influential figure in postwar neo-fascist politics in Germany.

18 August 1912

Born on the same birth day (18 August): Alfred Wallis • Alīna Fjodorova • Bart Scott • Bramwell Tillsley • Caspar Weinberger • Christian Slater • Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena • Godfrey Evans • Gulzar • Gustavo Charif • Inge Dekker • Nettie Palmer • Nigel Griggs • Pierre Grondin • Robert Huth • Ron Strykert • Zdzisław Żygulski (art historian)

Born in the same month (August 1912): Abbé Pierre • Aleksandr Aleksandrov (mathematician) • Ben Hogan • Claire Cribbs • David Brand • David Raksin • Edward Mills Purcell • Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs • Frank Oppenheimer • Gloria Guinness • Herb Narvo • Håkon Stenstadvold • John H. Michaelis • Nancy Wake • Raoul Wallenberg • Richard C. Miller • Sohn Kee-chung • Ted Drake • Toe Blake • Wolfgang Suschitzky