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Arthur Max "Art" Krause was born on 1910 May 16 in Breslau, Germany, to Anna Martha Ritter and Herman Robert Krause. Emma Usche "Emmy" Krause was born on 1911 January 29 in Breslau, Germany, to Pauline Emma and Adolf Fritz Latschinske. On 1933 December 19, Arthur Krause and Emma Usche Latschinske married; the couple had no children.

Arthur Krause studied law and after graduation worked as a Rechtspfleger, or judicial officer, in the government of the Third Reich. As an employee of the government, Arthur Krause was a member of the National Socialist German Workers' (Nazi) Party. In the 1930s, Krause was a member of the Technische Nothilfe (TN), or Technical Emergency Corps, a police organization dedicated to infrastructure and bomb disposal. The TN was incorporated into the Wehrmacht, or German armed forces, in 1939 as part of the Einsatzgruppen. From 1939 through at least 1940, Krause participated in invasions of Norway and Poland through the TN. In 1941, Krause attended officers' school to receive additional training and a military rank. After graduating with the rank of Lieutenant, Krause participated in the invasion of Soviet Russia, including the Battle of Kursk on 1943 July 5-August 23. In 1944, Krause was captured by the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and placed in a prisoner of war camp; he was released in 1946. Emma Krause remained in Breslau until January 1945, when the advance of the Red Army caused the on-foot evacuation of civilians to Liebnitz, Germany.

After the February 1945 Yalta Conference, Breslau was returned to the Polish state and renamed Wrocław. As a result, former German residents were expelled or not allowed to return. The Krauses settled in Kiel, Germany, where Arthur Krause worked in administrative positions. In the postwar years, Arthur Krause composed poetry expressing thoughts about religion and about the concept of a German "Heimat," or homeland. The Krauses emigrated to the United States in 1953 and settled in Salt Lake City, Utah. They worked for Hiller Industries, a German-American owned and operated book manufacturing and bookbinding company located in Salt Lake City.

The Krauses were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and were active in the Church in both Germany and the United States. Arthur Krause was branch president and executive secretary for the Salt Lake City 32nd Ward. Emma Krause served as Relief Society President in Kiel, Germany, and later worked at the Salt Lake Temple.

Arthur Max Krause died on 1980 February 19. Emma Usche Krause died on 1999 April 11.

Citation: Arthur and Emma Krause papers, ACCN 1769, Box 1, Folder 2. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Salt Lake Tribune. (1980, February 21). Intermountain Area Obituaries: Arthur Max Krause .