Kurt Waldheim Autographs
Kurt Josef Waldheim (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 the 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 during World War II, and of his knowledge of Nazi atrocities as an intelligence officer in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht, raised international controversy.
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.
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Traded items with a signature of Kurt Waldheim
The most expensive item with a signature of Kurt Waldheim (Kurt WALDHEIM / Color Photograph Signed) was sold in June 2025 for $100.00 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 $10.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Kurt Waldheim were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Austrian President KURT WALDHEIM Signed Photo | $35.00 |  |
| Austrian President KURT WALDHEIM Signed Photo | $35.00 | |
| Kurt Waldheim - 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations - Signed 3x5 Card | $3.35 | |
| Kurt Waldheim - 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations - Signed 3x5 Card | $3.35 | |
| Kurt Waldheim - President of Austria - Autographed 4 x 6 Photograph | $26.00 | |
| Kurt Waldheim - President of Austria - Autographed 4 x 6 Photograph | $26.00 | |
| KURT WALDHEIM Autograph Signed Press Photo Secretary General United Nations | $28.00 | |
| KURT WALDHEIM Autograph Signed Press Photo Secretary General United Nations | $28.00 | |
| Kurt Waldheim Autographed Index Card Ninth President Austria D.07 | $18.00 | |
| Kurt Waldheim Autographed Index Card Ninth President Austria D.07 | $18.00 | |
| Kurt Waldheim signed Autographed Envelope First day Issue | $7.99 | |
| Kurt Waldheim signed Autographed Envelope First day Issue | $7.99 | |
| Kurt Waldheim UN Secretary General WW2 Nazi Officer SIGNED UN FDC 1976 | $34.00 | |
| Kurt Waldheim UN Secretary General WW2 Nazi Officer SIGNED UN FDC 1976 | $34.00 | |
| WWII President of Austria Kurt Waldheim Hand Signed Index Card Todd Mueller COA | $29.99 | |
