Hugo Gottfried Kraas (25 January 1911 – 20 February 1980) was a German SS commander during World War II.

Born in 1911, Kraas became a member of the Nazi Party and the Sturmabteilung (SA) in 1934; in 1938 he was posted to the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH).

With the LSSAH, Kraas took part in the invasion of Poland where he was awarded the Iron Cross second class.

[1] He took part in the Balkan Campaign and Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.

Along with other members of LSSAH, Kraas was investigated for the murder of several dozens of Italian Jews on 25 September 1943 in Italy.