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Monday, August 31, 2020

Jochen Peiper at Berghof 1940

SS-Hauptsturmführer Joachim "Jochen" Peiper shown at Hitler’s Berghof alpine headquarters along with his boss Heinrich Himmler for a visit on 29 July 1940 after the German conquest of France. Photo by Walter Frentz.


 
Two of Himmler's staff at Berghof Obersalzberg, 29 July 1940. From left to right: SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Karl Wolff (Chef des Hauptamtes Persönlicher Stab Reichsführer-SS) and SS-Hauptsturmführer Joachim "Jochen" Peiper (Adjutant und Begleitoffizier von Reichsführer-SS). The picture was taken by Walter Frentz.


From left to right: SS-Hauptsturmführer Max Wünsche (Ordonnanz-Offizier in Begleitkommando des Führers) and SS-Hauptsturmführer Joachim "Jochen" Peiper (Adjutant und Begleitoffizier von Reichsführer-SS). They are posing for Hitler's photographer, Walter Frentz, at the Berghof Obersalzberg in 29 July 1940.


 
Three SS adjutants at the terrace of Berghof Obersalzberg, 29 July 1940. From left to right: SS-Obersturmführer Hans Pfeiffer (Ordonnanz-Offizier in Begleitkommando des Führers), SS-Hauptsturmführer Joachim "Jochen" Peiper (Adjutant und Begleitoffizier von Reichsführer-SS), and SS-Hauptsturmführer Max Wünsche (Ordonnanz-Offizier in Begleitkommando des Führers). The German leader was already wished to discuss the timing for a vast campaign against Soviet Union. The picture was taken by Walter Frentz.


Source :
"Peiper's War; The Wartime Years of SS Leader Jochen Peiper 1941-44" by Danny S. Parker
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