Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 4 ga Fabrairu, Peiper ya sadu a karo na karshe da Himmler a hedkwatarsa na wucin gadi. Bayan haka ya yi yaƙi a Operation Southwind. Rukuninsa ya shiga cikin Operation Spring Awakening
, wanda ya kasa. Kodayake ƙungiyar Peiper ta haifar da asarar rayuka da yawa, saboda irin mummunan umurnin da ya yi, ya rasa mutane da yawa. A ranar 1 ga Mayu, yayin da aka tilasta LSSAH zuwa Austria, an sanar da mutanen Peiper mutuwar Hitler. A ranar 8 ga Mayu, LSSAH ta karɓi umarnin ƙetare Enns kuma ta miƙa wuya ga sojojin Amurka. Maimakon mika wuya, Peiper ya zaɓi ya yi tafiya gida. Sojojin Amurka ne suka kama shi a ranar 22 ga Mayu.