economy and markets | January 17, 2026

The Greatest German Soldiers

Birthdate: January 30, 1915

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Berlin, Germany

Died: July 14, 1976

German SS-Obersturmbannführer Joachim Peiper led the 1944 Malmedy killings of U.S. prisoners of war. He worked with Heinrich Himmler during World War II. After a 12-year prison sentence, he started working as a translator in France but was murdered after his real identity as a war criminal was discovered.