Much has been written about Jochen Peiper, though it is unlikely he
would have been heard of outside Germany but for the infamous massacre
near Malmedy, Belgium, with which his name has been forever associated.
Initially shunned and even despised in the years following Germany's
surrender, Peiper is now revered and generally accepted as a brilliant
solider. This meticulously researched book explores Peiper's youth, his
career with the SS, the now famous trial of the officers and soldiers of
the Leibstandarte, who were accused of war crimes, and Peiper's murder
in France over thirty years later.