Wilhelm Ott (12 April 1886 – 6 January 1969) was briefly the mayor of

Augsburg, Germany Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...

, in 1945. He was a member of the Bavarian People's Party, and, as interim mayor, was heavily involved in the transfer of power from the

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to the Allied Forces at the end of

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.David A. Meier. "Review of Karl-Ulrich Gelberg, ed, Kriegsende und Neuanfang in Augsburg 1945: Erinnerungen und Berichte," H-German, H-Net Reviews, April 1997. URL
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=29895864071792
Retrieved September 22, 2007.

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