Gustav Adolf Scheel | |
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| 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 | 21 November 1907 Rosenberg (Baden), Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire |
| Died | 25 March 1979 (aged 71) Hamburg, West Germany |
| Political party | NSDAP |
| Alma mater | Heidelberg University |
| Profession | Physician |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Branch/service | Luftwaffe |
| Years of service | 1940 |
| Rank | Unterarzt |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| 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.