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"I recognize that after the battles of Normandy my unit was composed mainly of young, fanatical soldiers. A good deal of them had lost their parents, their sisters and brothers during the bombing. They had seen for themselves in Köln thousands of mangled corpses after a terror raid had passed. Their hatred for the enemy was such; I swear it and I could not always keep it under control."
"Imagine yourself acclaimed, a decorated national hero, an idol to millions of desperate people, then within six months, condemned to death by hanging."
"It's so long ago now. Even I don't know the truth. If I had ever known it, I have long forgotten it. All I know is that I took the blame as a good CO should and was punished accordingly." - Jochen Peiper on the Malmedy massacre, excerpted from A Traveler's Guide to the Battle for the German Frontier by Charles Whitting
"My men are the products of total war, grown up in the streets of scattered towns without any education. The only thing they knew was to handle weapons for the Reich. They were young people with a hot heart and the desire to win or die: right or wrong – my country. When seeing today the defendants in the dock, don't believe them to be the old Kampfgruppe Peiper. All of my old friends and comrades have gone before. The real outfit is waiting for me in Valhalla."
"History is always written by the victor, and the histories of the losing parties belong to the shrinking circle of those who were there."
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ako se ne varam to je citat iz wikipedije...jedan od najslavnijih zapovjednika waffen ss..naravno uz Kurta Meyera i Seppa Dietricha...po tome da nema komentara vidiš da raja baš i ne čita takve knjige...i valjda nemaju pojma o čemu pričam..žalosno
Autor: joachim_peiper | 16.11.2006. u 19:33 | opcije