#323 Garand Picture of the Day - Herresbach

[Mark in Rochester]

The Malmedy massacre was a war crime in which about 90 American prisoners of war were murdered by their German captors during World War II. The massacre was committed on December 17, 1944, by Kampfgruppe Peiper (part of the 1st SS Panzer Division), a German combat unit, during the Battle of the Bulge.

This massacre, as well as others committed by the same unit the same day and on the following days, was the subject of a trial during the Dachau Trials of 1946.

the count of POWs or civilians killed at different places is as follows:



Honsfeld 19
Büllingen 59 1
Baugnez 86
Ligneuville 58
Stavelot 8 93
Cheneux 31
La Gleize 45
Stoumont 44 1
Wanne 5
Trois-Ponts 11 10
Lutrebois 1
Petit Thier 1






Interesting short story here abour SS Crew member 737th Tank Battalion Memories