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Karl Wilhelm Krause (* 5 March 1911 in Michelau, today Michale, Poland; † 6 May 2001) was an officer in the Waffen-SS during World War II. From 1934 to 1939 he was Adolf Hitler's valet. In 1931 he joined the Reichsmarine. After the Nazis seized power, he was specially chosen by Hitler in 1934 to be his personal servant. He held this position until September 1939. During the invasion of Poland, Krause had served Hitler Polish mineral water instead of the usual Fachinger mineral water. Hitler accused Krause of attempting to poison him. Krause then got into an argument with Hitler, who eventually dismissed him. His successor was Heinz Linge. Krause returned to the Kriegsmarine. However, after Hitler learned of the sinking of Krause's battleship, which he survived, he had him rehabilitated and transferred to the Reich Chancellery as an SS adjutant. Krause later took part in the war as an SS-Hauptsturmführer of the Waffen-SS. In 1945, Krause was arrested by the US Army and finally released in 1946 after a fine of 7 marks. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! PATREON: / begafilm Become a patron and get early access to our new videos! Since our material is almost entirely stored on old film tapes and not yet digitized, it costs us a lot of time and money to prepare our videos for YouTube. Therefore, we ask for your support in this project. Every single euro counts and moves our project forward. We promise that 100% of all donations will go towards the creation and digitization of new videos. PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/begafilm Have fun and thanks for watching!