After the National Socialists had risen to power, however, he found himself the target of growing repressive measures and ever greater persecution by Klagges, who on 13 March 1933 ordered Böhme's ouster and had him taken to the disused AOK Building, which was being used by the Nazis as a "protective custody" prison, as they called it. Böhme had the dedication of former Braunschweig "Ministerpräsident" Heinrich Jasper (who had likewise been persecuted by Klagges) to thank for the return of his freedom a short time later.