Joachim Peiper (German: Joachim Peiper, January 30, 1915-July 13, 1976), was a famous German Waffen-SS armored unit commander during World War II official.
Early years experience
Joachim Piper was born on January 30, 1915 in a middle-class family in Berlin, Germany. He has two older brothers: Hans-Hasso ( Hans-Hasso and Horst are the youngest of the three brothers. The Pipu family originated in Silesia and first appeared in 1550. At first, the spelling of the surname was PEYPER, and it had its own coat of arms. His father, Woldemar Peiper (Woldemar Peiper) was also a soldier. He served in North Africa during the First World War. He worshipped a captain. His mother, Charlotte Peiper, was the daughter of a Berlin real estate builder. .
- The 18-year-old Joachim Piper
二世战
Pipe belongs to the Armoured Division of the First Adolf Hitler Guard . From 1938 to 1941, Piper served as Heinrich Himmler’s adjutant at the SS headquarters. He made his debut on the French battlefield in 1940 and then returned to Himmler’s first adjutant until his departure in October 1941. . His wife Sigurd Peiper (Hinrichsen) is Himmler’s secretary. She is two and a half years older than Piper. They married in June 1939 and have two daughters and a son
- During the adjutant period, Joachim Piper has experienced him. France, the Soviet Union, Italy, Normandy, Ardennes and many other major European battlefields. In 1942, he was awarded the Knight's Iron Cross, and in 1943 he was awarded the Knight's Iron Cross with oak leaves. In December 1944, Peiper commanded the Kampfgruppe Peiper as one of the vanguard units of the Sixth Panzer Army in the Battle of the Bulge. But in the end, because of lack of fuel, Piper was forced to abandon all the armored vehicles and led the remnants to walk back to his front on foot. After the Battle of the Ardennes, Piper was awarded the Knight's Iron Cross with a sword and oak leaf, and became the youngest leader (colonel) of the flag team in Nazi Germany. He was only 29 years old at the time.
Malmedy trial
On December 17, 1944, the subordinates of the Piper battle group shot and killed about 80 American infantry prisoners in Malmedy, Belgium.
- Joachim Piper with his name card
In July 1946, Piper and 42 other defendants were sentenced in Dachau by the US military court Hanging. However, because the interrogation methods used by the US military to obtain the confession of the prisoners of war were obviously improper, and there was no clear evidence that Piper ordered the killing of the prisoners, the results of the Malmedy trial began to be questioned.
Piper spent 11 years in the Landsberg am Lech prison in southern Germany, and for the first 4 years and 7 months he was waiting to be executed by hanging. Since 1948, in response to the flaws in the trial of the Mamedi tragedy, a review of the trial procedure has begun in this case. In January 1951, in the heated debate in the American and German public opinion, Piper, as the last defendant whose death sentence was revoked, was able to change his sentence. Life imprisonment.
after his release
At the end of 1956, Piper was finally released on parole. He worked in the auto industry in West Stuttgart. Due to the reputation of war criminals and the status of the former SS, Piper experienced two unpleasant job changes., Was charged with a war crime in the Italian village of Boves. Finally, the Stuttgar Court ruled that Piper would not prosecute and the case was dropped.
Since 1972, he has retired and settled in a small town with a population of about 300 people in Haute-Saône, France, and is engaged in book translation. He later tried to work with other former Waffen SS officers to restore the reputation of the Waffen SS. He said: "I think it is unrealistic to restore the reputation while we are alive, but we should collect materials by hand."
被杀
Although he used a pseudonym, the former French Communist Resistance Organization members discovered his true identity. On June 22, 1976, the French Communist Party’s publication "Humane", and then someone issued death threats. On July 13, 1976, Piper was killed in a malicious attack by a French left-wing group in a French town. The perpetrator is still unknown; however, it is generally believed that he may be a former member of the French Resistance or a member of the Communist Party. At that time he was starting to write a book about the Malmedy tragedy. Piper was finally buried in the family cemetery in Bavaria.
- Aged Joachim Piper
影作品
The United States was shot in 1966 with the Battle of the Bulge as the background In the movie "Battle of the Bulge", the German armored commander Colonel Heisler played by Robert Shaw is generally believed to be based on Piper.
- Joachim Piper, full of years of vicissitudes War comics with the theme of World War II career.
Because the SS deliberately portrayed him as a hero, a large number of propaganda photos were handed down to Pipu during World War II. In addition, the audio-visual record of Pipu’s trial by the Allies after the war Also saved.
- Joachim Piper in the Battle of Kursk
References
Patrick Agte. Jochen Peiper: Commander , Panzerregiment Leibstandarte. Fedorowicz (JJ), Canada. ISBN 978-092199146
Michael Reynolds. DEVIL&x27;S ADJUTANT: Jochen Peiper, Panzer Leader. Spellmount Publishers. ISB8082.04a9788718687186#
J. Weingartner. A Peculiar Crusade: Willis M. Everett and the Malmedy Massacre. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0814793664 (English).
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