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 given death sentence. later it was reviewed and made into
20 years term as prison sentence during review.This trial created great stir
and Amercian justice was blamed and highest courts of USA were involved apart
from International Court on the way this trial was conducted. The sentences
were reviewed .All death sentences were reduced to life term and few year
prison terms and defendants were released by 1956.His trial no was 30
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