The trial took place at Dachau from 16 May to 16 July 1946 before a military tribunal of senior American officers, operating under rules established by the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal. A truly honorable soldier whom you can see clinches his jaw and pinches his lips, then turns and seems to be holding back a smile. Of course we know the gallows is not how our man met his fate, but he did not know at this moment, when the verdict was read, that he would avoid them. Senator McCarthy Saves Joachim Peiper’s Life Here is a short account of his trial and how Senator McCarthy saved him.
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