Otto traces (* 27. May 1897 in a-settle, Saxonia, today to Chemnitz; † 20 November 1975 in Waiblingen with Stuttgart) was a German National Socialist journalist and writer.

Traces participated starting from 1914 as a war kriegsfreiwilliger at the First World War and followed in the years 1919/20 the free free of Klewitz and guard Kavallerie contactor division. After its participation in the cut Putsch it was active in Berlin as a journalist. From 1927 to 1934 he was an editor of the citizens of Berlin expenditure for night, 1930 worked he honorary as an editor of the citizens of Berlin NSDAP newspaper the attack. Occurred 1930 trace the NSDAP and SA and 1931 the storm spell leader were already appointed. 1934 he became full-time coworker of the attack. Starting from 1935 he worked as a main editor of Reclams universe (until 1939) and the LV monthly magazine new Germany. 1938 had it trace brought to the SA banner leader and kept common with Hans Zöberlein the culture price for seal and bibliography, donated by the chief of staff of the SA. Was a prominent member citizens of Berlin of the SA culture area traces. At the Second World War took traces as a war correspondent part, last as a major of the Air Force. After the war traces first for the German word, later than restaurant editor for the Pfälzer day sheet worked.

As Hauptwerk the German Trilogie with the novels people in the fire, nation in emergency and country in the light is considered.

Works

• Away in the morning, Berlin: Bloch 1933
• People in the fire, Berlin: Rather publishing house 1934
• Nation in emergency, Berlin: Limpert 1936
• German verses, Berlin: Limpert 1936
• That was a summer, Dresden: Limpert, 1936
• Country in the light, Berlin: Limpert 1937
• Eight brass buttons for a pair boot, rather, 1937
• Humans unterm hammer, Berlin: Limpert 1939
• The instruction hour, Munich: Rather, 1940, 10. Aufl. 1944
• His majesty, the recruit, Munich: Rather 1941
• Our reporting dog is nonsmoker, Munich: Rather 1943
• Comrade shank is stronger than death, Berlin: Limpert 1943

Literature

• German annals 1976, Leoni 1976, P. 253-254
• Hermann Gerstner/Karl Schworm: German poets of our time, Munich 1939, P. 395-401
• Franz Lennartz: The poets of our time, 4. Aufl., Stuttgart: Kröner 1941, S. 294f.
• Erich stick refuge: 5000 heads: Who was which in the 3. Richly. Wiesbaden 1967, P. 318