German Forces

The Peiper Family

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Jochen Peiper (1915-1976), his father Woldemar Peiper (1878-1960) and his brother Horst Peiper (1912-1941). Berlin, Christmas 1939. Horst Peiper, who served as a company commander in the recce battalion of the "Totenkopf" division, officially died in an accident in East Prussia on June 11, 1941. In reality he committed suicide after allegations of homosexuality. Jochen Peiper's second brother Hasso (born 1910) unsuccessfully attempted suicide in 1931 but was left in a vegetative state. He eventually died of tuberculosis in 1942.