Wilhelm Schow

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Wilhelm Carl Ernst Schow (born October 15, 1896 in Neustadt in Holstein ; † January 16, 1946 in Schleswig ) was a German civil servant and governor of the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein from 1938 to 1945 .

Schow studied law, worked as a councilor in the government in Schleswig from 1929 and was promoted to the senior government council there. In 1933 he joined the NSDAP . On September 1, 1938, he succeeded Otto Röer as governor of Schleswig-Holstein and remained in office until 1945. In this function he was the permanent representative of the Chief President Hinrich Lohse . He committed suicide in January 1946.

literature

  • Degeners: Who is it. 10th edition Berlin 1935, p. 1438.
  • Carsten Mish: Otto Scheel (1876–1954). A biographical study on Luther research, regional historiography and German-Danish relations. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-647-55776-2 , p. 384.