Ernst Scheller (18 July 1899 in Lintel (East Frisia) – 16 January 1942 in Simferopol) was a German Nazi Hauptmann and politician.[1]

Ernst Scheller
Mayor of Marburg
In office
27 April 1934 – 16 January 1942
Succeeded byWalter Voß
Personal details
Born(1899-07-18)18 July 1899
Lintel, East Frisia, German Empire
Died16 January 1942(1942-01-16) (aged 42)
Simferopol
NationalityGerman
Political partyNSDAP

Life and work edit

Scheller was appointed mayor of Marburg in 27.4.1934 by Adolf Hitler and fought on the Eastern Front during World War II.[1] He was injured on 29 December 1941 in battle and died 18 days later on a lazaret in Simferopol.[1][2] After his death Walter Voß worked commissarial in Marburg, from March 1944 until the end of the war as commissarial mayor.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Zeitungswissenschaft". Deutsches Zeitungswissenschaftliches Verband (in German). 17. Duncker & Humblot: 249–250. 1942.
  2. ^ Dettmering, Erhart; Grenz, Rudolf (1980). Marburger Geschichte: Rückblick auf die Stadtgeschichte in Einzelbeiträgen (in German). Marburg: Der Magistrat. p. 637. ISBN 3-9800490-0-0.
  3. ^ Marburg Stadtverfassung (pdf)
Preceded by
vacant
Mayor of Marburg
27 April 1934 – 16 January 1942
Succeeded by