Permanent historical factsheet

Scandal

Austria · Government / Government of Austria. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1986–1991Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1986

Kurt Waldheim1986

Government / Government of Austria

It is revealed that Waldheim had been a German officer during atrocities in Yugoslavia. Cleared by an international investigation of atrocities in World War II

1991

Kurt Waldheim1991

Government / Government of Austria

Announces will not stand for re-election

Names involved

Kurt Waldheim

Provenance

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