Hans Schemm

Hans Schemm
Hans Schemm in NSDAP uniform
Gauleiter of Gau Bavarian Eastern March
In office
19 January 1933 – 5 March 1935
Appointed byAdolf Hitler
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byLudwig Ruckdeschel (Acting)
Gauleiter of Gau Upper Franconia
In office
1 October 1928 – 19 January 1933
Appointed byAdolf Hitler
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Head of the
National Socialist Teachers League
In office
21 April 1929 – 5 March 1935
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byFritz Wachtler
Bavarian State Minister
for Education and Culture
In office
16 March 1933 – 5 March 1935
Appointed byFranz Ritter von Epp
Prime MinisterLudwig Siebert
Preceded byFranz Xaver Goldenberger
Succeeded byAdolf Wagner
Personal details
Born
Hans Heinrich Georg Schemm

6 October 1891
Bayreuth, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died5 March 1935(1935-03-05) (aged 43)
Bayreuth, Bavaria, Nazi Germany
Political partyNazi Germany NSDAP
Other political
affiliations
National Socialist Freedom Movement
ProfessionTeacher
Military service
Allegiance German Empire
Branch/serviceImperial German Army
Years of service1914 – 1916
UnitMedical Corps
Battles/warsWorld War I

Hans Schemm (6 October 1891 – 5 March 1935) was an educator who became a prominent Nazi Party official. He served as Gauleiter of Gau Bayreuth and Bavarian State Minister for Education and Culture until his death in an airplane accident.