The World Jewish Congress released captured German war documents Wednesday showing that Kurt Waldheim personally gave intelligence briefings to the chief of the General Staff of Army Group E in the Balkans during World War II on the “effective” use of hostages and
The documents, discovered at the National Archives in Washington and stamped “secret” are the latest in the growing body of evidence produced by the WJC linking the Austrian Presidential candidate and former
According to the WJC, they demonstrate Waldheim’s importance at Army Group E’s headquarters. He is identified by name as one of only three men present at the high level briefings. The others were Gen. Erich Schmidt-Richberg, Chief of the General Staff and a
The documents dated between May and August, 1944, show that Waldheim briefed Schmidt-Richberg on the use of Greek civilian hostages to discourage resistance fighters from attacking or sabotaging German trains, The civilians
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