Ernst Scheller (18 July 1899 in Lintel (

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) – 16 January 1942 in

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) was a German

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and

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Life and work

Scheller was appointed mayor of Marburg in 27.4.1934 by

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and fought on the Eastern Front during

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. He was injured on 29 December 1941 in battle and died 18 days later on a

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. After his death

Walter Voß Walter Voß (26 April 1885 in Neuschloß, Lampertheim – 5 June 1972 in Marburg) was a German jurist and politician. He was the List of mayors of Marburg, mayor of Marburg from 1928–1945, from 16 January 1942 until 6 April 1945 he was temporar ...

worked commissarial in Marburg, from March 1944 until the end of the war as commissarial mayor.Marburg Stadtverfassung (pdf)
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References

1899 births 1942 deaths People from East Frisia Nazi Party politicians German Army personnel killed in World War II Mayors of Marburg People from the Province of Hanover {{Germany-mayor-stub