Whereabouts of Peiper's medals?

[Obersalzberg]

This is the only forum that persists with un funny predictable middle aged and no doubt pot bellied so called jokes.....always following the same banal line......and never funny.

Asides from that I agree....Peiper would have discarded his gm years ago o would think...

[Frankenland-Dan]

You should be damned thankful for what you have and that you are free due to those Americans…

[Coburg]

or more precisely those damned Russians!!

Jim

[Frankenland-Dan]

Well, good point and point accepted but America played a decisive roll vs. them too…. I only make this distinction (not ignorant to other very significant commitments by other Allied nations) because of someones reference to “theft” by Americans in the thread.

War is hell!

[Simon H]

Does anyone know the whereabouts of Jochen Peiper's Medals. Does his son or daughters have them. Were they destroyed in the fire at his home in France. Just curious. Thanks.

Didn't he lose them during his time at Schwabish Hall?

[LuckyStrike23]

I think I have read they were stolen by US soldier and some time after given back to the family.

[Ruimteaapje]

Many replies in this topic tell us much about the posters but little about the facts. Before any speculation about Americans stealing medals continues, is there any evidence that he still had them when he reached Rottach?

[Lee Luke]

I'll throw my dog into the fight and say if no knows what happened to them , an unknown soldier/guard took them , never to be seen again. Possibly sold not knowing the historical value, thrown away, etc. Maybe his family has them?

As to why the interest, why not , he is famous and guilty or not of war crimes, people are fascinated with his life. Comments about him being a criminal does not sit well with me. The Allies killed many German prisoners, prisoners being killed are a fact of all wars. War is a brutal business and it is about you living, the enemy dying.

The Americans were the deciding factor in the war. Not just with men but the massive amount of supplies sent to Britain and Russia. The Russians lost the most men but rode to the front on American trucks, eating US rations.

This thread has already gotten way of topic.

[Yevgeniy]

I'll throw my dog into the fight and say if no knows what happened to them , an unknown soldier/guard took them , never to be seen again. Possibly sold not knowing the historical value, thrown away, etc. Maybe his family has them?

As to why the interest, why not , he is famous and guilty or not of war crimes, people are fascinated with his life. Comments about him being a criminal does not sit well with me. The Allies killed many German prisoners, prisoners being killed are a fact of all wars. War is a brutal business and it is about you living, the enemy dying.

The Americans were the deciding factor in the war. Not just with men but the massive amount of supplies sent to Britain and Russia. The Russians lost the most men but rode to the front on American trucks, eating US rations.

This thread has already gotten way of topic.

The deciding factor?...a bit overrated I d say.. more of a helping factor...

[Arthur Kullmer]

The deciding factor?...a bit overrated I d say.. more of a helping factor...

I would have to agree, when you see the sheer number of men that Russia lost, but the allies surely wouldnt have won without the Americans, no doubt, oh & dont forget us Brits who stood on our own for 2 years.

[Ruimteaapje]

Before any speculation about Americans stealing medals continues, is there any evidence that he still had them when he reached Rottach?

Nobody?

[peterm]

Is it so important where Peiper's medals are? What does it play for a role, he has done worst war crimes, his victims can't buy a new life for his medals.

Hyperion

This is the result of the so-called "Reeducation": taking parrots without any knowledge.

Kind regards, Peter