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Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Joachim Peiper was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and a Nazi war criminal convicted for the Malmedy massacre of U.S. Army prisoners of war (PoWs). 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.

January 30, 1915 - July 14, 1976

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Stride with a proud disdain through the swamp of human inadmissibility.

Joachim Peiper

History is always written by the victor, and the histories of the losing parties belong to the shrinking circle of those who were there.

Joachim Peiper

Imagine yourself acclaimed, a decorated national hero, an idol to millions of desperate people, then within six months, condemned to death by hanging.

Joachim Peiper

I was a National-Socialist and I remain one...The Germany of today is no longer a great nation, it has become a province of Europe.

Joachim Peiper