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Infamous Atrocities. "The German" was Joachim Peiper. He had bought a plot of land in Traves twelve years ago and eventually began spending most of his time there. But his plump wife did the shopping, and townspeople rarely saw or even thought about Peiper himself. Then, not long ago, Peiper, 61, made an application for a permanent-residence permit. A check of his background revealed that he had not only been an adjutant to SS Chief Heinrich Himmler but was the notorious commander of Combat Group Peiper, which had killed at least 350 American prisoners and Belgian civilians during...
...revelations about Peiper's background shocked Traves. The local Communist Party started a campaign against him, and tracts announcing "A war criminal, an SS, is among you," soon appeared. PEIPER SS was painted on the road leading into town. Peiper received threatening phone calls and sent his wife and two children away to Switzerland but refused to budge himself. "Even if I was personally guilty, I paid the price with ten years in prison," he said...
Although several Molotov cocktails had been thrown through the windows of his house, French police speculate that Peiper's last moments began with gunfire: his hunting rifle along with three empty cartridges were found on his terrace. With positive identification of the charred body difficult, some townspeople began wondering whether Peiper might have in fact staged the shooting and fire to cover his own getaway. Mayor Rigoulot, for his part, let it be known that, even before the blaze, he had decided not to renew the German's residence permit next year...
Another Minnesotan. Tom Micheletti, has developed into the Crimson's top defenseman since he was moved back from forward last month. The other leading defensemen are Mike Fenollosa, Tony Kotnik, and Charlie Peiper, who may miss today's game with...
After war's end, the Germans responsible for the massacre fell into Allied hands. Among them were two SS bigwigs, General Josef ("Sepp") Dietrich, commander of the 6th Armored Division, and Colonel Joachim Peiper of the ist Armored Regiment (known as "Peiper's Task Force"). But most were youngsters whom Dietrich and Peiper had commanded. In 1946, in Dachau, 73 Germans were brought to trial for the Malmédy massacre. All were found guilty and 43 sentenced to death. It seemed an open-&-shut case. But the Germans' defense counsel (appointed by the U.S.), an Atlanta...