Karl Wilhelm Krause

Karl Wilhelm Krause (5 March 1911 – 6 May 2001) was a Waffen-SS officer (SS number: 236,858) 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. Provided by Wikipedia