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"Pflichterfuellung (Fulfilling One's Obligation)": Pamphlet published by Neues Osterreich (New Austria) with a forward by Peter Handka regarding Kurt Waldheim, the Bundespraesident (President of Austria), 1986

"Pflichterfuellung (Fulfilling One's Obligation)": Pamphlet published by Neues Osterreich (New Austria) with a forward by Peter Handka regarding Kurt Waldheim, the Bundespraesident (President of Austria), 1986 The pamphlet was published after the presidential elections in Austria, 04 May 1986. The goal of the pamphlet was, as written in the forward, to present Kurt Waldheim's activities and behavior during his military service as an officer in the German Army on the Balkan front during World War II; Waldheim excused his army service by calling it "fulfilling one's obligation as a soldier"; the pamphlet contains personal documentary material, war journals and photographs.
item Id
3696310
Type of material
Official documentation
Survey report
File Number
175
Language
German
Record Group
O.30 - Austria Collection
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
48
Connected to Item
O.30 - Documentation regarding the Jews of Austria, mainly during the Holocaust period