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Joachim Peiper

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Joachim Peiper

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SS officer and convicted Nazi war criminal (1915–1976)

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Joachim Peiper was a German military personnel who served in the Waffen-SS during World War II. Born in Berlin in 1915, he held the rank of Standartenführer and was a member of the Schutzstaffel and the Nazi Party. His career began in 1933, and he later became a member of HIAG. Peiper was convicted of crimes against humanity.

He authored the work *Division Das Reich In Photos* (*Division Das Reich In Bild*). Peiper died in Traves in 1976 due to homicide. He is buried in Schondorf am Ammersee.

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Person · Open Library

Works
1

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  • Division Das Reich In Photos (Division Das Reich In Bild)

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
IL
Active from
1944

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Total plays
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5 total works indexed

  1. Improved M13 phage cloning vectors and host strains: nucleotide sequences of the M13mpl8 and pUC19 vectors

    · 1985 · cited 12,189x

  2. A safe operating space for humanity

    · 2009 · cited 9,691x

  3. Massively parallel digital transcriptional profiling of single cells

    · 2017 · cited 7,135x

  4. Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Squamous-Cell Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

    · 2015 · cited 7,000x

  5. Macrophage Activation and Polarization: Nomenclature and Experimental Guidelines

    · 2014 · cited 5,515x

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Quotes

  • “I was a Nazi and I remain one...The Germany of today is no longer a great nation, it has become a province of Europe.”
  • “It's so long ago now. Even I don't know the truth. If I had ever known it, I have long forgotten it. All I know is that I took the blame as a good CO should have been and was punished accordingly.”
  • “I admit willingly that after the Normandy battles, my unit was composed of young fanatic soldiers. Many of them had lost their parents, or brothers and sisters in the bombardments. Some had seen for themselves at Cologne where thousands of bodies were crushed after the terrorist raids. Their hatred of the enemy was such that I admit that I could not always control them. At Malmédy, there were, no doubt, some excesses.”
  • “My boys may charge me with all they want. The main thing is, it helps them. They are not evil and no criminals. They are the products of total war, grown up on the streets of scattered towns without any education! The only thing [they] knew was to handle weapons for the Dream of [the] Reich. They were young people with a hot heart and the desire to win or to die, according to the word: right or wrong—my country!”
  • “When seeing today the defendants on the dock, don’t believe them to be the old Combat Group Peiper. All my old friends and comrades have gone before! These people who plead for mitigating circumstances are only the negative selection! The real outfit is waiting for me in Valhalla!”
  • “History is always written by the victor and histories of the vanquished belong to a shrinking circle of those who were there.”

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Key facts

Born
( 1915-01-30 ) 30 January 1915, Wilmersdorf , German Empire
Died
14 July 1976 (1976-07-14) (aged 61), Traves, Haute-Saône , France
Cause of death
Assassination
Resting place
Schondorf , Bavaria, Germany
Known for
Malmedy massacre , Boves massacre
Political party
Nazi Party
Conviction
War crimes
Trial
Malmedy massacre trial
Criminal penalty
Death ; commuted to life imprisonment ; further commuted to 35 years imprisonment
Allegiance
Nazi Germany
Branch
Schutzstaffel , ( SS-Verfügungstruppe )
Service years
1934–1945
Rank
SS- Standartenführer
Unit
Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS (as adjutant to Heinrich Himmler), SS Division Leibstandarte
Conflicts
World War II Operation Achse Boves massacre Battle of the Bulge Malmedy massacre
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Other work
Car salesman for Porsche ; manager for Volkswagen

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Encyclopedic overview

Joachim Peiper (30 January 1915 – 14 July 1976) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) commander and a Nazi war criminal convicted for the Malmedy massacre of US Army prisoners of war. During the Second World War in Europe, Peiper served as personal adjutant to Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS, and as a tank commander in the Waffen-SS.

As adjutant to Himmler, Peiper witnessed the SS implement the Holocaust with the genocide of Jews in Eastern Europe, facts that he obfuscated and denied in the post–War period. As a tank commander, Peiper served in the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in the Eastern Front and in the Western Front, first as a battalion commander and then as a regimental commander. Peiper fought in the Third Battle of Kharkov and in the Battle of the Bulge, from which battles his eponymous battle group — Kampfgruppe Peiper — became notorious for committing war crimes against civilians and PoWs.

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