Joachim Peiper [SEP] conflict
Joachim Peiper
Joachim Peiper (30 January 1915 – 14 July 1976), also known as Jochen Peiper, was a field officer in the Waffen-SS during World War II and personal adjutant to "Reichsführer-SS" Heinrich Himmler between November 1940 and August 1941.
Peiper fought on both the Eastern Front against the Red Army and the Western Front against the Western Allies, and was awarded by Nazi Germany the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.
Peiper was convicted of war crimes
Books and monographs.
- "Joachim Peiper (1915–1976). SS-Standartenführer. Eine Biographie" ("Soldatenschicksale des 20. Jahrhunderts als Geschichtsquelle". Bd. 14). Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1996, . (2. veränderte Auflage 2004; 2. durchgesehene und veränderte Auflage 2006.
- "Himmlers Krieger. Joachim Peiper und die Waffen-SS in Krieg und Nachkriegszeit" ("War in History (book series)". Bd. 71). Hrsg. mit Unterstützung des Zentrums für