Kurt Waldheim

Kurt Waldheim

1918-12-21
88 (2007-06-14)
Sankt Andrä-Wördern, Lower Austria, Austria

Kurt Waldheim was the United Nations secretary-general from 1972-81 and the president of Austria from 1986-92.

Sankt Andrä-Wördern, Lower Austria, Austria

Kurt Waldheim was the United Nations secretary-general from 1972-81 and the president of Austria from 1986-92.

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The Waldheim Waltz 2018 (7.8)

Ruth Beckermann documents the process of uncovering former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s wartime past. It shows the swift succession of new allegations by the World Jewish Congress during his Austrian presidential campaign, the denial by the Austrian political class, the outbreak of anti-Semitism and patriotism, which finally led to his election.
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Waldheim: A Commission of Inquiry 1988 (5)

A mock trial, featuring 5 international judges, to evaluate whether Austrian president and former U.N. secretary-general Kurt Waldheim should be tried as a war criminal.
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N/A N/A (6.8)

A detailed account of the two millennia of intolerance and persecution suffered by the Jews, from antiquity to the present day.