ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 November 1987
Page Count: 6

The Forensic Science Evidence in the Investigation of the World War II Activities of Dr. Kurt Waldheim
Crown, DA
Examiner of questioned documents, VA

(Received 13 March 1987; accepted 15 April 1987)

Abstract

Dr. Kurt Waldheim, Ex-Secretary General of the United Nations, had claimed that he was a student in Vienna recovering from a war wound in 1943. A newly discovered photograph showed Waldheim in Yugoslavia in 1943 talking with an SS General. The steps in evaluating the physical evidence on the photograph are detailed.

Keywords:
questioned documents, Kurt Waldheim, physical evidence, photography, historical background

Paper ID: JFS11234J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11234J
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