Kurt Waldheim Autograph

Kurt Josef Waldheim (German: ⓘ; 21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the secretary-general of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 and president of Austria from 1986 to 1992. While he was running for the latter office in the 1986 election, the revelation of his service in Greece and Yugoslavia, and participation in Nazi atrocities, as an intelligence officer in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II, raised international controversy. More about Kurt Waldheim

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Current items with a signature of Kurt Waldheim

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thumbnailAustria President Kurt Waldheim 1918-2007 autograph 4x6 photo signed$55.00logo
thumbnailAustria President Kurt Waldheim 1918-2007 autograph typed letter signed 8x12$45.00logo
thumbnailAustria President Kurt Waldheim 1918-2007 genuine autograph 7.5x9 album page$55.00logo
thumbnailKURT WALDHEIM (1918-2007)-President Austria-UN Secretary General-SIGNED 3X5 CARD$29.99logo
thumbnailKurt Waldheim Signed Autographed 3x5 Card JSA Certified UN Secretary General$99.99logo
Waldheim was born in Sankt Andrä-Wördern, near Vienna, on 21 December 1918. He was the eldest child of Walter Watzlawik, a schoolmaster of Czech origin, and his wife Josefine Petrasch. Watzlawik (original Czech spelling Václavík) changed his name to "Waldheim" that year as the Habsburg monarchy collapsed and eventually rose to become superintendent of schools for the Tulln District, attaining the rank of Regierungsrat (government councillor). Active in the Christian Social Party, he was well regarded as a devoutly Catholic family man. Waldheim and his two younger siblings, a brother, Walther, and a sister, Gerlinde, enjoyed a comfortable middle-class upbringing. From his youth, Waldheim was distinguished by his unusual height of 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in). As a gymnasium student in Klosterneuburg, he excelled at languages and was a competent violinist in the school orchestra, also enjoying swimming, boating and tennis.

Although his father wanted him to study medicine, Waldheim had an aversion to the sight of blood, and had already decided to enter the foreign service. In March 1936, the Schuschnigg government passed a law mandating a period of military service for prospective civil servants. Consequently, following his graduation Waldheim volunteered for a 12-month term of enlistment in the Austrian Army, and was posted to the 1st Dragoon Regiment on his 18th birthday. In the autumn of 1937, now an army reservist, Waldheim entered the prestigious Consular Academy in Vienna on a scholarship, where he began his studies in law and diplomacy. Along with his family, Waldheim opposed the German annexation of Austria in 1938, and while actively campaigning against it in Vienna was attacked and injured by Austrian Nazis. Following the annexation, Waldheim's father was briefly arrested by the Gestapo and dismissed from his post, while Waldheim's scholarship was cancelled. He managed to continue his studies by working as a Latin and Greek tutor and borrowing funds from relatives. Read even more about Kurt Waldheim at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Kurt Waldheim

The most expensive item with a signature of Kurt Waldheim (KURT WALDHEIM SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER (SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UN)) was sold in March 2013 for $99.99 while the cheapest item (KURT WALDHEIM hand signed index card) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2010. The month with the most items sold (2) was April 2020 with an average selling price of $18.99 for an autographed item of Kurt Waldheim. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2016 with $79.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was June 2010. In average, an autographed item from Kurt Waldheim is worth $9.99.

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thumbnailAustrian President KURT WALDHEIM Signed Photo$35.00logo
thumbnailKurt Waldheim - 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations - Signed 3x5 Card$3.35logo
thumbnailKurt Waldheim - President of Austria - Autographed 4 x 6 Photograph$26.00logo
thumbnailKurt Waldheim Autographed Index Card Ninth President Austria D.07$18.00logo
thumbnailKURT WALDHEIM SIGNED 4x6 PHOTO AUTOGRAPH w/COA UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL$9.99logo
thumbnailKurt Waldheim signed Autographed Envelope First day Issue$7.99logo
thumbnailKurt Waldheim signed color photo U.N., Austria$8.50logo
thumbnailNobleSpirit NO RESERVE {3970} Austria Prime Minister Kurt Waldheim Signed Card$9.50logo
thumbnailSIGNED UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL KURT WALDHEIM PHOTO$79.99logo
thumbnailWWII President of Austria Kurt Waldheim Hand Signed Index Card Todd Mueller COA$29.99logo