Otto Telschow
Otto Telschow, 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 February 1925 Telschow was named Gauleiter of the Gau Lüneburg-Stade. On 1 October 1928, the Gau was renamed Gau Eastern Hanover and Telschow was retained as Gauleiter until the end of World War II. Telschow gained more influence after 1935, when the Nazi-party Gaue usurped the functions of the 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.
