Boris Kraas

Boris Kraas

Born	23 July 1915 Witten, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	13 February 1945(1945-02-13) (aged 29) Budapest, Central Hungary, Kingdom of Hungary
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1939–1945
Rank	SS-Sturmbannführer
Unit	3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations	Hugo Kraas

Boris Kraas (23 July 1915 – 13 February 1945) was a member of the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The award was made posthumously on 28 February 1945 for his actions in command of a battalion in the SS Division Totenkopf.

References

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf

Staff	Hellmuth Becker (Oak Leaves) Erich Eberhardt Theodor Eicke (Oak Leaves) Hermann Priess (Oak Leaves & Swords)

Units	Otto Baum¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Georg Bochmann⁷ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Eduard Deisenhofer Kurt Franke Franz Kleffner Boris Kraas Otto Kron Lino Masarie Heinz-Fritz Müller Berndt Lubich von Milovan Felix Przedwojewski Wilfried Richter Walter Reder Max Seela Max Simon⁵ (Oak Leaves) Karl Ullrich (Oak Leaves)

¹ Swords with the SS Division Das Reich. ⁵Oak Leaves with the SS Division Reichsführer-SS. ⁷Swords with the SS Division Horst Wessel.

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