Research Catalog

Title

Hitler's warrior : the life and wars of SS Colonel Jochen Peiper / Danny S. Parker.

Author

Parker, Danny S.

Publication

• Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014].
• ©2014.

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Description

xxii, 441 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Summary

Handsome, intelligent, impetuous, and dedicated to the Nazi cause, SS Colonel Jochen Peiper (1915-1976) was one of the most controversial figures of World War II. After volunteering for the Waffen-SS at an early age, Peiper quickly rose to prominence as Heinrich Himmler's ever-present personal adjutant in the early years of the war. Sent later to the fighting front with the fearsome 1st SS Panzer Division, Peiper became a legend for his flamboyant and brutal style of warfare. As one of Hitler's favorites, he was chosen to spearhead the Ardennes Offensive, later known as the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, Peiper became the central subject in the bitterly disputed Malmedy war crimes trial. Convicted but later released, he moved to eastern France. There, he and his past were discovered, and he died in a fiery gun battle by killers unknown even today. In Hitler's Warrior, historian Danny Parker describes Peiper both on and off the battlefield and explores his complex personality. The rich narrative is supported by years of research that has uncovered previously unpublished archival material and is enhanced with information drawn from extensive interviews with Peiper's contemporaries, including German veterans. This major new historical work is both a definitive biography of Hitler's most enigmatic warrior and a unique study of the morally inverted world of the Third Reich.

Alternative Title

Life and wars of SS Colonel Jochen Peiper

Subject

• Peiper, Jochen
• Waffen-SS. Kampfgruppe Peiper > History
• 1944-1945
• Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945
• Malmedy Massacre, 1944-1945
• Adjutants > Germany > Biography

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History
• History.
• Biographie.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ascent: Dream of the Reich ; Empire ; The inner ring ; With Himmler -- Zenith: Hubris ; Barbarossa ; Letters from the war ; Front and fatherland -- Fall: Oblivion ; Endgame ; Manhunt ; On trial ; Ellis ; Verdict -- In extremis: Landsberg ; Steeplechase ; "We all have our crossroads" ; Under four eyes ; Old hares -- Requiem: The old German hero ; Blow-up ; La fete nationale ; Reckoning ; Ghosts of the past -- Epilogue.

ISBN

• 9780306821547
• 0306821540

OCLC

• 870200147
• SCSB-11430931

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library