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Abgeordneter Josef Kraus (* August 13th, 1903 in Hohenelbe - † unknown) was a German Politician in the NSDAP during World War II.

Life and work
After attending the elementary school and the public school Josef Kraus learned the trade of a Lichtspielvorführers. In the following years he worked in this profession in Hohenelbe, Jablonec, Eger and Prague. From 1922 to 1924 he was one of the Czechoslovak army to where he made ​​it to the corporal brought.

1933 Kraus took part in the foundation of the Sudeten German Party (Sudeten). He also took over the founding of the party-local groups in the district Hohenelbe. In 1935 he was appointed district leader and on 12 June 1938, he was appointed Vice Mayor of the town of High River Elbe.

When taking place on 4 December 1938 Completion election to the parliament elected in April 1938 Kraus moved as MP for the Sudetenland in the Nazi Reichstag one, which he belonged, until the expiry of his mandate on 17 July 1940.