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# Joachim Peiper

(1915–1976)   Military Personnel

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Joachim Peiper was a military personnel.

## Quick Facts About Joachim Peiper

Born January 30, 1915

Died July 14, 1976

Profession Military Personnel

## About Joachim Peiper

SS officer and convicted Nazi war criminal (1915–1976)... \| Joachim Peiper was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) commander and a Nazi war criminal convicted for the Malmedy massacre of US Army prisoners of war. During the Second World War in Europe, Peiper served as personal adjutant to Heinrich Himmler, leader of the SS, and as a tank commander in the Waffen-SS.

##  Quotes by Joachim Peiper

> [Imagine yourself acclaimed, a decorated national hero, an idol to millions of desperate people, then within six months, condemned to death by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joachim-peiper/imagine-yourself-acclaimed-a-decorated-national-hero-an-idol-to/)

[Joachim Peiper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joachim-peiper/)

[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/joachim-peiper-66291_death_imagine-yourself-acclaimed-a-decorated-n_90307.jpg)

> [Stride with a proud disdain through the swamp of human inadmissibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joachim-peiper/stride-with-a-proud-disdain-through-the-swamp-of-human-inadmissibility/)

[Joachim Peiper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joachim-peiper/)

[Disdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disdain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7e/joachim-peiper-66291_disdain_stride-with-a-proud-disdain-through-the_921599.jpg)

> [History is always written by the victor, and the histories of the losing parties belong to the shrinking circle of those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joachim-peiper/history-is-always-written-by-the-victor-and-the-histories-of-the/)

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[Circles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/circles/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/627/joachim-peiper-66291_circles_history-is-always-written-by-the-victor_1530519.jpg)

> [I was a National-Socialist and I remain one...The Germany of today is no longer a great nation, it has become a province…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joachim-peiper/i-was-a-national-socialist-and-i-remain-one-the-germany-of-today-is/)

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[Europe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/europe/)

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