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 death that waseduced to 15 years prison term during review. . His trial number 51.This trial became very controversial and
highest courts of USA got involved including International court and all death
sentences were reduced to life term or prison terms.
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