Gustav Adolf Scheel

Gustav Adolf Scheel
Reichsstatthalter of Salzburg
In office 27 November 1941 – 8 May 1945
Preceded by	Friedrich Rainer
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Gauleiter of Salzburg
In office 18 November 1941 – 8 May 1945
Preceded by	Friedrich Rainer
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Higher SS and Police Leader, Alpenland
In office 1 May 1941 – 24 November 1941
Preceded by	Alfred Rodenbücher
Succeeded by	Erwin Rösener
Reich Student Leader
In office 6 November 1936 – 8 May 1945
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	(1907-11-21)21 November 1907 Rosenberg (Baden), Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire
Died	25 March 1979(1979-03-25) (aged 71) Hamburg, West Germany
Political party	NSDAP
Alma mater	Heidelberg University
Profession	Physician
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Branch/service	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1940
Rank	Unterarzt
Battles/wars	Second World War Battle of France
Awards	War Merit Cross with swords, 1st and 2nd class

Gustav Adolf Scheel (22 November 1907 – 25 March 1979) was a German physician and Nazi Party official. He served as a "multifunctionary" in Nazi Germany, including posts as the Reich Student Leader leading both the National Socialist German Students' League and the German Student Union, as an SS member and Sicherheitsdienst employee, as a Higher SS and Police Leader, as well as Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter in Reichsgau Salzburg. He was also an Einsatzgruppe commander in occupied Alsace and he organized the October 1940 deportation of Karlsruhe's Jews to extermination camps.