Otto Telschow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Otto Telschow

German politician

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1876

Place of Birth: Wittenberge, Brandenburg, Germany

Date of Death: 31-May-1945

Profession: politician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Otto Telschow

  • Otto Telschow (27 February 1876, Wittenberge, Brandenburg – 31 May 1945), a German Nazi Party official, was born in Wittenberge and became a police official in Hamburg.
  • Telschow joined the German Social Party in 1905.
  • In 1925 he joined the Nazi Party, and was the founder of the regional Nazi newspaper, the Niedersachsen-Stürmer.
  • In October 1928, Telschow was appointed Gauleiter (regional party leader) of the Nazi party's regional subsection Gau Eastern Hanover, a post he retained until the end of World War II.
  • Telschow gained more influence after 1935, when the Nazi-party Gaue usurped the functions of the streamlined German states.
  • In 1930 he was elected to the Reichstag for the Ost-Hannover electoral district, and remained a member until 1945.
  • He was taken prisoner by the British Army at Lüneburg and committed suicide in prison by slashing his wrists.

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