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1915–1976 Germany

Joachim Peiper (30 January 1915 – 13 July 1976), more often known as Jochen Peiper from the common German nickname for Joachim, was a World War II German SS officer and convicted war criminal who was responsible for the 1944 Malmedy massacre of American prisoners of war. He served as personal adjutant to Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, in the period April 1938 to August 1941.

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History is always written by the victor and histories of the vanquished belong to a shrinking circle of those who were there.

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.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Joachim Peiper (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.