Waldheim claimed in countless books. articles. and campaign literature that he was wounded in battle on the Eastern Front at the end of 1941 and that following his discharge returned to Vienna to study law through 1944. Documentationsome bearing Kurt Waldheims own signatureincluding photographic evidence and other archival material show conclusively that in fact Waldheim was serving in the Balkans at this time on the staff of Gen. Alexander Loehr. who was convicted as a war criminal and hanged in Waldheim not just an active participant with the forces of Nazi Germany in the Balkansbut served as an intelligence officer with the very military unit which conducted the most brutal antipartisan campaigns in Yugoslavia and which was linked to the deportation of tens of thousands of Greek Jews. And for his "exemplary service" in this inhuman and despicable campaign. Waldheim received a high award from the notorious Nazi puppetgovernment of Croatia.
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