Otto Merz

Otto Merz was a chauffeur, race car driver, test driver and mechanic. He died during a practice run in a modified Mercedes SSK onMay 1933, in Berlin, Germany.

Merz was a son of locksmith Karl Gottlob Merz, and his fathers wife Christine Margarete Merz ne Blessing, residing in Esslingen. Otto Merz was also a resident of Esslingen. He married in Schelklingen onOctober 1918 Maria Hoch, lady help, born AllmendingenJanuary 1889, daughter of Leo Hoch and Maria Hoch ne Autenrieth. Her father was leaseholder of the canteen of the cement factory in Schelklingen. Merz profession was that of a chauffeur, and both husband an wife were of Protestant faith.

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