Career
In October 1928, Telschow was appointed Gauleiter (regional party leader) of the Nazi party"s regional subsection Gau Eastern Hanover, a post he retained until the end of World World War World War II Telschow gained more influence after 1935, when the Nazi-party Gaue usurped the functions of the streamlined 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.
