![]() ![]() The SS Einsatzgruppen death squads, formed by his deputy, Heydrich, murdered many civilian non-combatants, mostly Jews, in the countries occupied by Germany during World War II. Himmler, the leader of the SS, was a chief architect of the Final Solution. It's a pity he was killed like that, but sad to say, he practically asked for it. Perhaps he got a kick out of living dangerously and missed the excitement of war, so he settled in the "hostile environment" of France to try to recreate that adrenaline buzz. Perthaps he had a "death wish complex" brought on by guilt feelings at having survived the war when many of his comrades didn't, hence his going to live in France and making no attempt to disguise himself or even change his name, and his house was located in thick woods making it easy for assassins to sneak up almost as if he sent out invitations. Unlike other Nazis, Peiper wasn't hung for alleged war crimes which must have rankled the French, and when he decided to go live on French soil it must have made a lot of them hot under the collar. ![]() The French had been hating the Germans since 1940 and many probably couldn't just switch off the hate at the end of the war, understandable considering massacres like Oradour-sur-Glane, and the Gestapos ruthless treatment of Resistance suspects etc.
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