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 . His trial number was 56.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.
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