Hugo Kraas

Military Person

1911 – 1980

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Who was Hugo Kraas?

SS-Brigadeführer Hugo Kraas 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.

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Born
Jan 25, 1911
Witten
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Feb 20, 1980
Selk, Germany

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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