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Joachim Peiper

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Military Personnel

The Resume

    (January 30, 1915-July 13, 1976)
    Born in Berlin, Germany
    Regimental colonel in the Waffen SS
    Head of the First Division of the Liebstandardte SS Adolf Hitler
    Spent 11 years in prison for war crimes (1945-56)

Why he might be annoying:

    His unit was nicknamed the ‘Blowtorch Battalion’ for burning down Russian villages and killing their inhabitants.
    His unit murdered 300 American POWs in the Malmedy Massacre (December 17, 1944).
    His troops also killed over 100 Belgian civilians including women and children.
    He was unrepentant to the end, saying, ‘I was a Nazi and I remain one… The Germany of today is no longer a great nation, it has become a province of Europe.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    He offered to take all the blame for the Malmedy Massacre if the war crimes court would set his men free.
    His death sentence was commuted on the grounds that improper pre-trial procedures had tainted the process.
    He died when his house was firebombed by a group of former Resistance members calling themselves the Avengers.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 29 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 26 Votes: 23.08% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 126 Votes: 42.06% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 30.77% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 43 Votes: 55.81% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 37 Votes: 56.76% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 116 Votes: 62.07% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 29 Votes: 68.97% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 46 Votes: 80.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 171 Votes: 51.46% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 68 Votes: 73.53% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 116 Votes: 76.72% Annoying