Lies. Truth. Alternative Facts. This film analyses how the UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s wartime past was revealed by the World Jewish Congress. Ruth Beckermann documents the tangled web that ensnared former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim when he concealed two years of his wartime biography. It shows the swift succession of new allegations by the World Jewish Congress against him, the denial by the Austrian political class, and the outbreak of antisemitism and patriotism which led to his election. „Given the current whitewashing of national culpability in Nazi collaborations, THE WALDHEIM WALTZ has a sense of urgency as it revisits Kurt Waldheim’s cover-up.“ (variety.com)
This documentary tells the incredibly shocking story of how a Nazi officer became a top politician and UN Secretary General.
Lies. Truth. Alternative Facts. This film analyses how the UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s wartime past was revealed by the World Jewish Congress.
Ruth Beckermann documents the tangled web that ensnared former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim when he concealed two years of his wartime biography. It shows the swift succession of new allegations by the World Jewish Congress against him, the denial by the Austrian political class, and the outbreak of antisemitism and patriotism which led to his election.
„Given the current whitewashing of national culpability in Nazi collaborations, THE WALDHEIM WALTZ has a sense of urgency as it revisits Kurt Waldheim’s cover-up.“ (variety.com)