That was true. In the immediate aftermath of the fighting, an Allied war crimes commission recommended that he be tried as a war criminal. [44], In view of the ongoing international controversy, the Austrian government decided to appoint an international committee of historians to examine Waldheim's life between 1938 and 1945. Waldheim je bil generalni sekretar OZN (1972-1981) in predsednik Avstrije (1986-1992). On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [12] In 1986, Waldheim said that he had served only as an interpreter and a clerk and had no knowledge either of reprisals against local Serb civilians or of massacres in neighboring provinces of Yugoslavia. After the electoral defeat of the Austrian Peoples Party, Waldheim was elected chairman of the Safeguards Committee of the International Atomic Energy Agency. (Later, when he was running for governor of California, Schwarzeneggers aides said he realized that the invitation and the toast had been a stupid mistake, one that -- had he known then what he knew later -- he would not have committed. A biographical drama film about Kurt Josef Waldheim, former UN Secretary General and the controversy of his participation and role in the Nazi regime during WW II . This became the "Waldheim Affair" which was important in exposing the criminal role . The Waldheim affair triggered a fundamental debate in Austria about the countrys past during World War II. D uring Kurt Waldheim's Austrian presidential campaign in the spring of 1986, that nation's collective consciousness experienced a painful return of the repressed, a psychological agony . At Waldheim's own request, no foreign heads of states or governments were invited to attend his funeral except Hans-Adam II, the Prince of Liechtenstein. He was 88. BODDE: Kurt Waldheim was President of Austria. He was 88. Howard Stern's first Pay-Per-View (although only on the East Coast) with various guests and, not surprisingly, an audience in their negligees and underpants. [3] Watzlawick (original Czech spelling Vclavk) changed his name to "Waldheim" that year as the Habsburg monarchy collapsed and eventually rose to become superintendent of schools for the Tulln District, attaining the rank of Regierungsrat (government councillor). When I met Kurt Waldheim in Vienna in 1994, the Balkans were doubly at issue, a generation apart. The fact that Waldheim played a significant role in military units that unquestionably committed war crimes makes him at the very least morally complicit in those crimes.". This marked the first time that a head of state had been put on an immigration watchlist. He added that the secretary-general condemned any form of racial discrimination and genocide. Kurt Waldheim, (born December 21, 1918, Sankt Andr-Wrdern, Austriadied June 14, 2007, Vienna), Austrian diplomat and statesman who served two terms as the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), from 1972 to 1981. Despite his humble beginnings, Waldheim was able to pursue university studies in law and diplomacy in Vienna. [29][30], Waldheim was the first Secretary-General to visit North Korea, in 1979. Kurt Waldheim; Sankt Andre-Verdern, blizu Bea, Austrija, 21. decembar 1918 Be 14. jun 2007) je bio austrijski politiar i diplomata.Njegov izbor za predsednika Austrije 1986. godine bio je zasenjen otkriima da je pripadao jedinici Hitlerovog Vermahta koja je u tadanjoj Jugoslaviji poinila ratne zloine nad civilima tokom Drugog svetskog rata. "His very ordinariness, in fact, may be the most important thing about him. Kurt Waldheim was born on Dec. 21, 1918, in St. Andr-Wrdern, a village near Vienna. [25] Amidst international protest, "the UN spokesman said [in his daily press conference] it was not the secretary-general's practice to comment on telegrams sent him by heads of government. The commission did not say Waldheim personally participated in the bloodshed, and he seized on that to claim that he had essentially been exonerated. Herbert John Spiro, interviewed beginning in April 1994, served from 1945-65 as Chief of Counterintelligence at U.S. Headquarters in Vienna. [14], Waldheim's name appears on the Wehrmacht's "honour list" of those responsible for the militarily successful operation. Of course, this made the Austrians very unhappy. His aides at the United Nations even accused the Israeli mission of spreading rumors that he supported the Nazis. However, shortly after he was elected, Waldheim was banned from entering the United States under suspicion of Nazi war crimes. Declassified documents from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency show that the CIA had been aware of some details of his wartime past since 1945. Kurt Waldheim was an Austrian diplomat and statesman who served two terms as the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations (UN), from 1972 to 1981. After six weeks of deadlock, Waldheim and Salim both withdrew from the race. [60] In a two-page letter, published posthumously by the Austrian Press Agency the day after he died, Waldheim admitted making "mistakes" ("but these were certainly not those of a follower let alone an accomplice of a criminal regime") and asked his critics for forgiveness.[61]. Near the end of his tenure as secretary-general, Waldheim and British popular musician Paul McCartney organized a series of concerts for the People of Kampuchea to help Cambodia recover from the damage done by Pol Pot.[32]. Though I lived in the Austrian capital, I was spending most of my time covering the brutal fighting and ethnic displacements then racking a disintegrating Yugoslavia. Still, he denied any role in war crimes. No, at least not during the Cold War when important strategic interests were at stake. There was a Finnish diplomat named Jacobson who was Finnish and Jewish, who was another candidate running for Secretary General of the UN. [51] The report catalogues evidence that, the U.S. government concluded, proved that Waldheim had taken part in, among other actions: the transfer of civilian prisoners to the SS for exploitation as slave labor; the mass deportation of civiliansincluding Jews from Greek islands and the town of Banja Luka, Yugoslaviato concentration and death camps; the utilization of antisemitic propaganda; the mistreatment and execution of Allied prisoners; and reprisal executions of hostages and other civilians. Reply . Kurt Waldheim, avstrijski astnik, pravnik, diplomat in politik, * 21. december 1918, Sankt Andr-Wrdern, Spodnja Avstrija, 14. junij 2007, Dunaj. His father, Walter, the son of an impoverished blacksmith, became the local school superintendent and . To deduce that knowledge constitutes some kind of crime is simply not correct, he told an Austrian television interviewer. His intelligence regarding work in Greece during World War II raised more questions than answers. Kurt Waldheim, a diplomat with a selective memory, died on June 14th, aged 88. In 1971 he ran for president on the Peoples Party ticket but lost. [33]:411 The events of 1981 established a two-term limit on the office, and no Secretary-General since Waldheim has run for a third term. The United States and United Kingdom initially supported him in the second round of voting. He probably signed some papers that had to do with deportations and so on. I remember one case, hed been back and forth to the United States 25 times, and all of a sudden he didnt qualify. Some Germans had stayed in Austria partly because they thought that the Occupation, which was not called Occupation, would be less rigorous and less de-Nazifying than it was in Germany. Congress had passed the Holtzman Act, named after Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, to legalize the expulsion and prevention of suspected Nazi criminals from the U.S. thirty years after the end of WWII. He went through my fingers. [56] He died on 14 June 2007, at the age of 88 from heart failure. June 15, 2007. The veto duel between China and the United States lasted a record 16 rounds. - Title based on information from slide mount and other caption information provided by the photographer. Waldheim applied for membership in the National Socialist German Students' League (NSDStB), a division of the Nazi Party. [59] He was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and President of Austria from 1986 to 1992. Would we have done this to the German Chancellor? As a gymnasium student in Klosterneuburg, he excelled at languages and was a competent violinist in the school orchestra, also enjoying swimming, boating and tennis. Austrian state media said Waldheim, who was hospitalized last month with a fever-causing infection, died of heart failure in Vienna. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Waldheim, British Broadcasting Corporation - Kurt Waldheim, United Nations - Biography of Kurt Waldheim, Kurt Waldheim - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). His father was of Czech origin and was employed as a Roman Catholic inspector of schools. SPIRO: My job was to track down members of the former German intelligence services in Austria. Janks go on a date with John DeBella's wife (which Howard predicted would happen in his battle with DeBella in Philadelphia), the "Gross Video Contest" winners, Boy-Gary dressed as an ape and . If we had done a little more digging, both 1946 and 1972 or whenever it was, we might have found out about him. 1. Well, there was never really any good evidence that tied Waldheim directly to atrocities. For much of his adulthood, Waldheim claimed that he was drafted into the German army after Adolf Hitler occupied Austria but sat out most of the war, attending law school in Vienna, because of a shrapnel wound he suffered on the Eastern Front in 1941. What the U.N. needs is a quiet approach, he said. [9] Shortly thereafter he became a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazi Party's original paramilitary wing. [40] His former immediate superior at the time stated that Waldheim had "remained confined to a desk". Fred Norris as Kurt Waldheim Jr. and Quentin the Stutterer; Robin Quivers vs Darren the Foot Licker in a best-of-3 tennis match (with Fred the Elephant Boy as umpire) Howard Stern vs Gary Dell'Abate in a best-of-7 tennis match; Vinnie Mazzeo lights his head on fire and Dr. Marshall King hypnotises Kimberly Taylor; Gina Man and Crazy Jerry BODDE: Kurt Waldheim was President of Austria. An account published in the Los Angeles Times in 1971 described him this way: Waldheim is very much the diplomats diplomat: conservative in dress, elegant in manner and discreet to a fault.. He was reelected in 1976 despite some opposition from less-developed countries, but a third term was vetoed by the Chinese government in 1981. [4] The decision to ban Waldheim was made by Attorney General [Edwin] Meese and Secretary Shultz went along with it. The rest of the delegation waited a day to catch a direct flight to Washington. English: Kurt Waldheim, secretary-general of the United Nations, during a press conference at the UN Headquarters in New York City Notes. Kurt Waldheim's rebellious, ne'er do well (((son))) Europe and others push for a standard lunar time zone, Dr. Simi is a TikTok star. ONCE, in more glorious times, the empire of Austria stretched from Prague and Cracow to Trent, below the Dolomites . Waldheim published an autobiography. Kurt Waldheim, the former U.N. secretary-general and Austrian president, has died at 88. He won election to the Austrian presidency in June 1986 for a six-year term. VIENNA, Austria - Kurt Waldheim, whose legacy as U.N. secretary-general was overshadowed by revelations that he belonged to a German army unit that . 1989 Vol. Kurt Waldheim: distinguished diplomat who fell from grace. After the war, Lohr was condemned and executed as a war criminal. Waldheim ran for an unprecedented third full term as Secretary-General in the 1981 selection. He did lie about his military service. [7] Following the annexation, Waldheim's father was briefly arrested by the Gestapo and dismissed from his post, while Waldheim's scholarship was cancelled. [47] The committee also noted that "he only had very minor possibilities to act against the injustices happening". But he was an important guy. [53] In a letter to the editor published in Foreign Affairs magazine two years after Rosenbaum's book was released, former Finnish ambassador to the U.N. Max Jakobson (one of the candidates whom the USSR had vetoed) wrote, "The Soviets knew everything about Waldheim. [34], Waldheim had previously claimed to have received a medical discharge after being wounded in winter 1942. We wanted the information and we did not want it to fall into the hands of the Soviets. Our response to both sides was that this was a legal decision that would be made by the Justice Department based on U.S. law. The ex-concentration guard would then show up on the Austrians doorstep. 100 comments. Waldheim was supported by 11 votes, including the Soviet Union, and led the first two rounds of voting. Last week, former UN Secretary-General and Austrian President Kurt Waldheim died at the age of 88. Tracy Wilkinson covers foreign affairs from the Los Angeles Times Washington, D.C., bureau. We have many differences with him, but that isn't one of them. The embassy dealt with him all the time. The resulting diplomatic strains between the U.S. and Austria encumbered relations for many years afterwards, as visa applicants who had traveled to the U.S. for years were abruptly denied, and Holocaust war crimes, initially shadowed by the Cold War, were suddenly brought to light. Along with his family, Waldheim opposed the German annexation of Austria in 1938, and while actively campaigning against it in Vienna was attacked and injured by Austrian Nazis. Corrections? A son, Gerhard, and another daughter, Christa, followed. That was the kind of fellow I was looking for. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. So even if they were Romanians or Yugoslavs, if they emigrated to the U.S. from Austria they could be deported back to Austria. In 1939, Waldheim was drafted into the German Wehrmacht. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. From left to right, Italian Cdmr. He was the elected president of Austria from 1986 to 1992. [1] He was the eldest child of Walter Watzlawik, a schoolmaster of Czech origin,[2] and his wife Josefine Petrasch. Kurt Waldheim of Austria served as the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations for ten years, succeeding U Thant in 1972. And although the scandal around him kicked up new poisonous clouds of anti-Semitism, when he finally left public life, in disgrace, Austria also began a slow process of recognizing its sins. The same year, he was made an honorary member of K.H.V. Following the fall of the Habsburg Monarchy, his father changed the family surname to . It was not until Waldheim left the United Nations and then ran for president of Austria in 1986 that his wartime past became widely known. The sources, who spoke on . Then Ryan or someone from OSI would leak to The New York Times that they had nabbed another Nazi and deported him to Austria. [58], In his speech at the cathedral, Federal President Heinz Fischer called Waldheim "a great Austrian" who had been wrongfully accused of having committed war crimes. More posts from the howardstern community. Reply . I find it interesting that the Holocaust has become much more prominent fifty years after the War than it was 20 years after the War, or even right after the War. [52:55, April] Kurt Waldheim Jr. and "Guess Who's The Jew," Washington DC pro-choice rally, Reporter Jim Jensen parody. The Waldheim Waltz: Directed by Ruth Beckermann. Then, in March 1986, during the campaign, Waldheim was hit with damning disclosures. The official . Kurt's father, Walter, migrated to Austria where Christian-Social Party (CSP) activism landed him the plum-gig of school inspector. [24] Amin also called "to expel Israel from the United Nations and to send all the Israelis to Britain, which bore the guilt for creating the Jewish state". [13] According to one post-war investigator, prisoners were routinely shot within only a few hundred metres (yards) of Waldheim's office,[14] and 35 kilometres (22mi) away at the Jasenovac concentration camp. Kurt Waldheim. Waldheim won an accidental victory in the third round of voting when those three permanent members failed to coordinate their vetoes and all abstained. Kurt Waldheim was born on 21 December 1918 in a village named Sankt Andra-Wordern, located close to Vienna, Austria to Watzlawick and his wife. His service from 1942 to 1945 was the subject of international review in 1985 and 1986. Pope John Paul II welcomed Waldheim to the Vatican in the Austrian leaders first official trip abroad after his election as president, a recognition that provoked anger across the Jewish world and in Washington. Kurt Josef Waldheim (German pronunciation: [kt valdham]; 21 December 1918 - 14 June 2007) was an Austrian diplomat and politician. Kurt Waldheim, who has died aged 88 of heart failure, served two terms as secretary-general of the United Nations (1972-82) before it was revealed that he had lied about . On June 8th, 1986, Kurt Waldheim was elected President of Austria. They argued that if Waldheim were President of Germany, the U.S. wouldnt do such a thing because you need Germany. Waldheim had unsuccessfully sought election as President of Austria in 1971, but his second attempt on 8 June 1986 proved successful. - Date based on span of years Waldheim served as Secretary General of the United Nations. WALDHEIM AFFAIR. He argued that the Austrian Prime Minister, a Social Democrat, was about to visit the U.S. and it would be a great embarrassment to him if we banned Waldheim. "[18], In 1945, Waldheim surrendered to British forces in Carinthia, at which point he said he had fled his command post within Army Group E, where he was serving with General Alexander Lhr.[19]. Many were displaced persons at the end of the war and ended up in Austria. He served in Paris (194851) and was head of the personnel department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vienna from 1951 to 1955. As a member of the German army, I did what was necessary to survive the day, the system, the war -- no more, no less, he wrote in the 1996 book, The Answer.. The aristocratic poseur, Waldheim, was the grandson of a Czech blacksmith . Kurt Josef Waldheim (German: [kt valtham] (listen); 21 December 1918 14 June 2007) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Kurt Waldheim was born on Dec. 21, 1918, in St. Andr-Wrdern, a village near Vienna. Waldheim also took a special interest in the future of Namibia and South Africa. That we were perfectly honest is another question. Kurt Waldheim, a widely esteemed former secretary general of the United Nations, was running for president of Austria in March 1986 when it came to light that he had participated in Nazi . Waldheims father, Walther, was briefly jailed because of his anti-Nazi views and stripped of his job. Allegations concerning Dr. Kurt Waldheim hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, [Leather Bound] The book also alleged that the Soviet Union was aware of Waldheim's alleged involvement in Nazi crimes and that, after vetoing other candidates in order to get Waldheim installed as U.N. Secretary General in 1972, used that information to extract concessions at the United Nations that facilitated KGB espionage in the United States, and that the CIA's failure to anticipate this possibility was a major failure for the intelligence agency. However, there was a clause in the displaced persons legislation that stated if you lied on your application to come to the U.S., you could be deported back to the country from where you emigrated. This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 18:08. It was to damage his reputation for . Waldheim was the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and the ninth President of Austria, from 1986 to 1992. Waldheims later claims that he spent the rest of World War II studying law at the University of Vienna were contradicted by the rediscovery in 1986 of documents suggesting that he had been a German army staff officer stationed in the Balkans from 1942 to 1945. 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