Jun 14th, 2007 · Kurt Waldheim, the former U.N. secretary-general and Austrian president, has died at 88. Waldheim's tenure as Austria's president was tainted by revelations that he had concealed his service in the German army in Greece during World War II, at a time when the Nazis committed numerous war crimes.
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Jun 14th, 2007 · Former U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim dies of heart failure at his home in Austria. Waldheim hid his Nazi Germany military service to lead the world body, but it was revealed when he ran for president of Austria in 1986.
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