BREISMEISTER KURT
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
acquitted. his trial number was 5
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