Fritz Krauss
Fritz Krauss (born 20 March 1898 in Chur, Switzerland, died 13 July 1978 in Großhansdorf, Germany) was a German naval officer, most recently a Konteradmiral in the World War II. Between 16 August 1944 – 22 July 1945, Fritz Krauss was Director of Department of Naval Intelligence (German: Marinenachrichtendienst), specifically 3 SKL/MND IV of the German Navy.[1]
Life
On 10 April 1917 Krauss entered the
Naval Academy Mürwik and was transferred after that visit to the grand cruise ship SMS König for further training. While on board the ship on 15 February 1918, he was appointed as ensign (German: Fähnrich zur See). He remained onboard until 31 December 1918 and was then put into the reserve, leaving the active service on 21 January.[1]
As a (
Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine. He was promoted to corvette captain (German: Korvettenkapitän) on 1 February 1936 and on 3 April 1938 he was transferred to the German cruiser Deutschland, as navigation officer.[1]
At the beginning of
Captain at sea (German: Kapitän zur See) and from 2 February to 1 April 1943 he was Captain of the ship. He then served as Naval Intelligence officer of the German Naval Command in Italy until 31 August 1943, and was then transferred to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine. From 16 August 1944 he was Chief of German Naval Intelligence Service and B-Dienst and was promoted to rear admiral a month later.[1]
Krauss remained on his post after the end of the war and was appointed by the British authorities on 21 July 1945 as administrator of the German Mine Sweeping Administration.[3] Shortly before the service was disbanded, on 19 December 1947, he was retired.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-3-7648-2483-9. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-84832-195-3. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-135-22365-6.