Klaus Junge

Klaus Junge
Klaus Junge, 1942, wearing the uniform of the Reichsarbeitsdienst with the swastika armband as a part of the uniform[1]
Full nameKlaus Junge
CountryGermany
Born(1924-01-01)1 January 1924
Concepción, Chile
Died17 April 1945(1945-04-17) (aged 21)
Welle, Germany

Klaus Junge (1 January 1924 – 17 April 1945) was one of the youngest Chilean-German chess masters. In several tournaments during the 1940s he held his own among the world's leading players. An officer in the Wehrmacht, he died during the Battle of Welle shortly before the end of World War II.