1895
OTTO Julius Alexander Glasser was born on September 2, 1895 as the second child of the merchant Alexander Glasser and his wife Margaretha in Saarbrücken, Germany.
Seven-month old Otto Glasser.
WITH his sisters Eleonore and Martha, Glasser spent his childhood and youth in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Otto Glasser with his sister Eleonore, Martha, his mother Margaretha and his father Alexander.
1914

IN July 1914 he graduated from school. Driven by patriotic enthusiasm he immediately joined the army to fight in WWI.

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