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 35..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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