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Joachim Peiper
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It is catalogued under topics including 1915 births, 1976 deaths and Adjutants of Heinrich Himmler.
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joachim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Berlin
- Place of death
- Traves
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Waffen-SS
- Military rank
- Standartenführer
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R65485, Joachim Peiper.jpg
- Convicted of
- crime against humanity
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- Commons category
- Joachim Peiper
- date of birth
- 1915-01-30
- date of death
- 1976-07-13
- member of
- HIAG
- manner of death
- homicide
- place of burial
- Schondorf am Ammersee
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- name in native language
- Joachim Peiper
- start of work period
- 1933-00-00
- end of work period
- 1945-00-00
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Joachim Peiper” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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