He was from S S waffen in the armoured formation that took part
in battle of bulge in the final stages of WW II.it was a decisive battle most
fiercely fought . Jochim Peiper , SS lt Col was the commanding officer of the
Waffen regiment that formed the leading formation of the panzer corps. At malmedy during the
battle , Eighty US soldiers who Surrendered from a artillery reconnaissance
battalion were gunned down by peipers unit while few escaped.There has been
some confusion about the incident. It was claimed that the prisoners tried to
escape and fired from their dropped guns and waffen SS soldiers had to
retaliate. After the war , the allies arrested the members of the unit and they
were tried for war crimes at Dachau camp by Us military tribunal and he was one
of the accused in a group of 74 members and he was sentenced to lifeterm that
was reduced to 15 years during review. and his trial number was 21.This trial
became very controversial and highest courts of USA got involved including
International court and all death sentences were commuted to life term
and lesser prison terms.
and lesser prison terms.
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