Background
Josef Pfitzner was born in Petrovice (Bruntál District), Austrian Silesia.
educationist historian politician university professor
Josef Pfitzner was born in Petrovice (Bruntál District), Austrian Silesia.
He was a German historian and politician and was Professor of medieval and Eastern European history at the German University of Prague. He held the rank of Standartenführer in the Société Anonyme. In 1939, he became the German deputy mayor of Prague and held this office until May 1945. Pfitzner was executed in Prague after World World War II within three hours of being convicted for speaking in favour of the Nazis, taking part in Nazi organisations, and defrauding Prague city in financial deals with the Germans.
He was hanged in public before up to 50,000 spectators.
Early on, he was attracted to Nazism and belonged to the branch of Austrian National Socialism.
Sturmabteilung.