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Joachim Peiper ((:ˈjoːaxɪm ˈpaɪpɐ); 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 he won the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords for extreme battlefield bravery and outstanding military leadership. By 1945, he was an SS-''Standartenführer'' and the Waffen-SS's youngest regimental colonel. Peiper was convicted of war crimes committed in Belgium and imprisoned for almost 12 years. He was accused of war crimes in Italy, but Italian and German courts concluded that there was insufficient evidence to warrant prosecution.〔BEGINNING OF THE END:THE LEADERSHIP OF SS OBERSTURMBANNFÜHRER JOCHEN PEIPER A thesis presented to the Faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE General Studies by HAN BOUWMEESTER, MAJ, ROYAL NETHERLANDS ARMY M.A., Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2000 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 2004〕 After his release from prison, Peiper worked for both Porsche and Volkswagen, before moving to France, where he translated books from English to German under the ''nom de plume'' Rainer Buschmann. Peiper was murdered in France in July 1976, when he was shot by unknown assailants who then burned his house to the ground using Molotov cocktails. ==Early life and family== Peiper was born on 30 January 1915 into a middle class family from the Silesian region of Germany. His father, Captain Waldemar Peiper, served in the Imperial German Army and fought in the colonial campaigns in East Africa. He was awarded the military cross in 1904, wounded several times and became infected with malaria. When World War I broke out, his father resumed service and was sent to Turkey. In 1915, however, cardiac troubles resulting from his exposure to malaria forced him to retire from active duty. After the war, he joined the ''Freikorps'' and took part in the Silesian Uprisings. Peiper had two brothers, Hans-Hasso and Horst. Hans-Hasso attempted suicide, which left him in a vegetative state. He died of tuberculosis in 1942. Peiper pursued a normal academic education at ''Goethe Oberrealschule'', but did not obtain the grades needed to continue to university. In 1926, Peiper followed his other brother Horst and joined the Scout movement. It was during this time that he developed an interest in a military career. Peiper’s brother Horst joined the Luftwaffe but seeing that his high level of belief in the Nazi Party would not affect his role there, he joined the SS, eventually reaching the rank of ''Hauptsturmführer''.〔Parker, Danny S. ''Hitler's Warrior: The Life and Wars of SS Colonel Jochen Peiper'', 2014.〕 Horst participated in the Battle of France with the 3rd SS Division ''Totenkopf'' before being transferred to Poland, where he died in an accident. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joachim Peiper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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