Ruth Beckermann’s The Waldheim Waltz (Waldheims Walzer) took home the top documentary prize at the 68 th annual Berlin International Film Festival. The doc, which had its world premiere at the ...

Given the current whitewashing of national culpability in Nazi collaborations, “The Waldheim Waltz” has a sense of urgency as it revisits Kurt Waldheim’s cover-up. With Austria currently the only West ...

Kurt Waldheim, who was president of Austria from 1986 to 1992, systematically lied about his wartime past. This became the “Waldheim Affair” which was important in exposing the criminal role many ...

Ruth Beckermann’s investigation into Kurt Waldheim’s Austrian presidential campaign is as engrossing as it is relevant During Kurt Waldheim’s Austrian presidential campaign in the spring of 1986, that ...

A lot of time has passed since the scandal surrounding the Nazi past of former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim made headlines worldwide, not least because he denied it. It all started during the ...

Ruth Beckermann's documentary on former Austrian president and Nazi war criminal Kurt Waldheim is Austria's candidate for the 2019 Oscars in the foreign-language category. By Scott Roxborough Austria ...