branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
23px reichsmarine -lrb- 1931 -- 34 -rrb- border 06 may 2001 germany michelau , west prussia , germany weimar -lrb- 1933 -- 45 -rrb- republic -lrb- 1931 -- 33 -rrb- nazi germany 1st ; 12th ss panzer division hitlerjugend ss division leibstandarte ss adolf hitler , führerbegleitkommando destroyer iron cross 2nd class war badge narvik shield iron cross 1st class invasion of norway 05 march 1911 40px hauptsturmführer karl wilhelm krause.jpg karl wilhelm krause
 karl wilhelm krause
karl wilhelm krause

karl wilhelm krause -lrb- 5 march 1911 -- 6 may 2001 -rrb- was a `` waffen-ss '' officer -lrb- ss number : 236,858 -rrb- who rose to the rank of ss - `` hauptsturmführer '' -lrb- captain -rrb- during world war ii .
he was a personal orderly -lrb- valet -rrb- and bodyguard to adolf hitler from 1934 to mid-september 1939 .
thereafter , he served in the 12th ss panzer division `` hitlerjugend '' .
at the war 's end he surrendered to american troops .
krause was interned until june 1946 .
