NS-Parteifunktionare aus Schleswig-Holstein im Ostland . Zum Quellenwert von Akten der Spruchgerichte in der Briticschen Besatzungszone fur die Rolle der Zivilverwaltung im Reichskommissariat Ostland

Lohse joined the Nazi party and was made Gauleiter and Oberprasident after Hitler gained power. He actively recruited younger Nazi party members from his home province. After the war many of these men were put on trial in occupied Germany, but those relatively few who were convicted received mild sentences.