Otto Scheel (1876–1954)

Professor of ecclesiastical history in Tübingen and eminent expert on Martin Luther, from 1924 first professor of regional history in Kiel albeit with no scientific background in the field, protégé of the German foreign office in German-Danish cultural relations during the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich – the life of Otto Scheel (1876–1954) is multi-faceted. With regard to the three fields me...