 Rochus Misch ( 29 July 1917 – 5 September 2013 ) was a German Oberscharführer ( sergeant ) in the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler ( LSSAH ) . He was badly wounded during the Polish campaign during the first month of World War II in Europe . After recovering , from 1940 to April 1945 , he served in the Führerbegleitkommando ( Führer Escort Command ; FBK ) as a bodyguard , courier , and telephone operator for German dictator Adolf Hitler . He was widely reported in the media as being the last surviving occupant of the Führerbunker when he died in September 2013 . 
