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    Joachim Peiper (30 January 1915 – 14 July 1976) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and war criminal. During the Second World War in Europe, Peiper served...
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    Peiper finally captured Stoumont at 10:30. Knittel joined up with Peiper and reported the Americans had recaptured Stavelot to their east. Peiper ordered...
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    but the sentences were commuted. Peiper himself was imprisoned for eleven years for his role in the killings. Peiper entered Stavelot on 18 December but...
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    receive a death sentence. Joachim Peiper: Ex SS-Standartenführer and commander of the 1st SS-Panzerregiment/"Kampfgruppe Peiper" during the Battle of the Bulge...
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    defence of Europe. He fought particularly hard for the release of Joachim Peiper, the Waffen-SS commander found guilty of murdering U.S. prisoners of war...
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  • destroyed by artillery fire of the Waffen-SS under the command of Joachim Peiper. The massacre and destruction were reprisals for one German soldier having...
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    (2013). Himmlers Krieger: Joachim Peiper und die Waffen-SS in Krieg und Nachkriegszeit [Himmler's Warriors: Joachim Peiper and the Waffen-SS during the War...
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    to the members of the 20 July plot. At Jochen Peiper's memorial in 1976, Hubert Meyer referenced Peiper's open letter from Landsberg Prison, which had...
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    (1939–1944). He was acquitted of war crimes by the Nuremberg Tribunal. Joachim Peiper – SS-Obersturmbannführer. He served as Heinrich Himmler’s adjutant and,...
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    forces would attack unless Peiper's unit vacated the province immediately. After Peiper refused, the Italians attacked. Peiper's battalion defeated the Italians...
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