The report on Kurt Waldheim's activities on the Balkans during World War II attracted political attention when its conclusions became known in 1988. But the report itself was never published. It is an important document in connection with any discussion on war crimes and responsibility. It proves that Waldheim, to a certain extent, knew of deportations of Jews and Italian soldiers as well as of massacres of towns and civilian populations. It concludes that by endorsing documents relating to the interrogation of prisoners who were subsequently executed, First Lieutenant Waldheim had knowledge of them and of those events, and also became part of the military machine which brought about those events. Waldheim's claim that "knowledge of a crime is not a crime itself" is not regarded in the report as acceptable without qualification. By the International Commission of Historians (The Waldheim Commission).

About the Author
Hagen Fleischer is a historian and has lived in Greece since 1977 and as a dual citizen since 1985. Gradually and partly in addition to journalism, he has been teaching at the universities of Rethymnon (Crete) and Athens since 1979, where he founded contemporary history. He focused on taboo subjects that were still valid in Greece at the time (World War II, resistance and collaboration, civil war, Holocaust). At the same time, he was and is particularly interested in German-Greek relations in the 20th century and the political and cultural-political actors. He represented Greece in numerous conferences and commissions, e.g. Vienna, 1987/88: International Commission of Historians on Kurt Waldheim's past; State Department, 1998: Washington Conference on "Holocaust-Era Assets"; Hamburg, inter alia: 2001-2004: "Wehrmacht exhibition". Until his retirement in 2011 (and until today) he taught at the National Kapodistrias University in Athens. In international research and in daily political statements, he is committed to the still incomplete reconciliation of his home countries.


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ISBN 9788772892061
Author He Internationa He Internationa
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Museum Tusculanum Press
Publisher Museum Tusculanum Press
Weight(grams) 666g
Dimensions(mm) 250mm * 150mm * 15mm