Ernst Scheller

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 by	Walter Voß
Personal details
Born	(1899-07-18)18 July 1899 Lintel, East Frisia, German Empire
Died	16 January 1942(1942-01-16) (aged 42) Simferopol
Nationality	German
Political party	NSDAP

Life and work

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]