Hugo Kraas Military person

SS-Brigadeführer Hugo Kraas (25 January 1911 – 20 February 1980) was a German Waffen-SS officer who served with the 1.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and was the last commander of the 12.SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend. At the Enns River, Austria, Kraas surrendered to Major General Stanley Eric Reinhart's 261st Infantry Regiment.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 25, 1911
Birth place
Witten
Date of deathFebruary 20, 1980
Place of death
Selk Germany

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Military person

award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military command12.SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend
relation
Hauptsturmführer
Emil Kraas
service start1935
service end1945

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