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Karl Wilhelm Krause

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German SS officer (1911-2001)

GermanyLived 1911 to 2001 · aged 90
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Karl Wilhelm Krause was a Waffen-SS officer who rose to the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer (captain) during World War II. He was a personal orderly (valet) and bodyguard to Adolf Hitler from 1934 to mid-September 1939. Thereafter, he served in the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend.

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Karl Wilhelm Krause was a Waffen-SS officer who rose to the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer (captain) during World War II. He was a personal orderly (valet) and bodyguard to Adolf Hitler from 1934 to mid-September 1939. Thereafter, he served in the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. Krause came up with the concept of an anti-aircraft tank that became known as the Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind. At the war's end he surrendered to American troops. Krause was interned until June 1946.

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Lived 1911 to 2001 · aged 90
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