Joachim Peiper Trial

The French had been hating the Germans since 1940 and many probably couldn't just switch off the hate at the end of the war, understandable considering massacres like Oradour-sur-Glane, and the Gestapos ruthless treatment of Resistance suspects etc. Unlike other Nazis, Peiper wasn't hung for alleged war crimes which must have rankled the French, and when he decided to go live on French soil it must have made a lot of them hot under the collar. Perthaps he had a 'death wish complex' brought on by guilt feelings at having survived the war when many of his comrades didn't, hence his going to live in France and making no attempt to disguise himself or even change his name, and his house was located in thick woods making it easy for assassins to sneak up; almost as if he sent out invitations. Perhaps he got a kick out of living dangerously and missed the excitement of war, so he settled in the 'hostile environment' of France to try to recreate that adrenaline buzz.

Zurich Cn Bt Normal Font Download. It's a pity he was killed like that, but sad to say, he practically asked for it. Back to topic I am far from accusing all Germans for war crimes ( I had several German friends during my studies in Belgium and I see that Germans suffer a lot during the war - you just got bad luck that there were Hitler and his comrades but ---- Peiper was one of them - SS scum - judged and sentenced to death by court. He was also SS officer - and eye witness of many civilian mass murders in Poland and Russia as Himmler right hand We can discuss about Rommel, Guderian and many other Wehrmacht soldiers if they were responsible for war crimes and genocide, but SS was organisation of primitive criminals.

No army is innocent or clean in war. And a fact is, the winner writes the history books. A fact also is, ignoring the political wing of the ss, and looking at the military arm, the waffen ss. Europa Gro Nr2 Sb-med. These guys where determined, well trained and very much elite in terms of equipment, training and selection; For at least the early years and the begining of the war. And you got to have some respect for the things they acheived under incredibly diffcult circumstances. At least i do as a proffessional soldier. As for pieper, cos that is what this thread is about, well, i agree with bootie.

It feels double, but i think that he probably went the way he wanted, and that was by the sword if u get what i mean. Just my 2 cents. Himmler, the leader of the SS, was a chief architect of the Final Solution. The SS Einsatzgruppen death squads, formed by his deputy, Heydrich, murdered many civilian non-combatants, mostly Jews, in the countries occupied by Germany during World War II.