Kurt Josef forest home (* 21 December 1918 in sank Wrdern, Lower Austria) is a Austrian diplomat, politician He was from 1972 to 1981 UN-Secretary-General as well as from 1986 to 1992 Federal President of the Republic of Austria.

Biography

until 1972

Kurt forest home visited the pin High School in monastery new castle. While this time was involved it in the establishment of the Comagena Tulln in the MKV as a so-called "establishment fox"

Kurt forest home was during the time of the national socialism member of the LV student federation and a SA rider relay. After it was used in the Soviet Union first as Schwadronchef of an advance guard of the armed forces, it was stationed as as Ordonnanzoffizier in the army group E under general Alexander in the occupied Saloniki in Greece. Afterwards forest home, again under general was first lieutenant for enemy clearing-up in Yugoslavia. It did not have direct influence on events in its position like the Deportation of 40.000 Jews from Saloniki, or the massacres committed by the armed forces in west Bosnia. Forest home was however present with staff discussions, participated (for example by providing reports on the situation) in it and had knowledge of the procedures (also such, which contradicted the martial law and the principles of the humanity).

1945 attained a doctorate to forest home at the University of Vienna to the doctor of the jurisprudence. He worked as a secretary of minister of foreign affairs Karl Gruber, afterwards was active he as a diplomat in Paris, Toronto and New York.

As a minister of foreign affairs from 1968 to 1970 it was confronted with the difficult situation during the Prager of spring. Forest home gave at that time the instruction to close the message and accept no refugees. Austrian Ambassador in Prague, Rudolf ignored this however.

Already 1971 stood as a candidate to forest home with the Federal President choice. It was subject however against Franz Jonas.

The UN time

Forest home was already of 1955 - 1956 constant Austrian observer at the UN. From 1964 - 1968 and of 1970 - 1971 it was a constant Austrian representative at the United Nations. 1972 he was selected to the UN-Secretary-General and exercised this office for two five-year office periods. In its term of office the UN-resolutions became 332 (21 April 1973; Condemnation of military aggressions of Israel against Lebanon) and 452 (20 July 1979; Condemnation of the Israeli settlement politics in occupied areas) decided, as well as the South Tyrol package 1972, which granted South Tyrol autonomy rights to the German-speaking population in the province. Its application for a third term of office was rejected in December 1981 by a veto of the People's Republic of China.

Federal President shank and forest home affair

see major items: Forest home affair

1986 began Kurt forest home as a candidate of the with the choice to the Federal President against Kurt Steyrer, the candidate of the By searches of the news magazine profile it became admits that forest home in its briefly before published autobiography had lied "in the glass palace of world politics "concerning its behavior during the time of the national socialism and the Second World War.

Consequently the election campaign was intensified. Trailers of forest home spoke dirt excavator bucket campaign of one "", opponents accused the to use anti-Semitic arguments. After forest home had scarcely missed the absolute majority in the first ballot, it decided the ballot against Kurt Steyrer for itself. Because of the exit of the choice Federal Chancellor Fred Sinowatz withdrew.

The government used an international historian commission, in order to examine and document forest home activities during the war. No war crimes could be proven to it. However the commission stated that forest home own representation was incomplete and partly wrong. When Ordonnanzoffizier stations general in the staff in Saloniki in the occupied Greece, he must have had knowledge of the Deportation of approximately 40,000 Jews into the concentration camps Auschwitz and Treblinka. Likewise it the evacuations of Italian prisoners were well-known into the German Reich, to one time, when between the German Reich and the kingdom Italy a state of war did not prevail. These transportation were, like also the shooting of caught allies soldiers, clearly illegal. In west Bosnia it was informed as a staff officer likewise about the massacres at Yugoslav partisans, committed there, as well as the destruction of numerous villages, knew the tactical, strategic and administrative arrangements and was concerned even with the production of reports on the situation for the staff.

The locking explanation of the report reads:

Forest home representation of its military past is not located in many points in conformity with the results of the commission work. It was endeavored, its military past into oblivion turned out to leave, and as soon as that was no longer possible to play down. This forgetting is in the opinion the commission so fundamental that she could not receive clarifying notes for their work from forest home.

The publication of these results caused, briefly before that 50 for 1988. Anniversary "of the connection ", a cabinet crisis. Some critics see a symptom for the been missing accomplishment of the National Socialist past in Austria in the affair.

To 25. March 1986 requested the Jewish world congress (WJC) the entry of forest home into the "Watchlist" of the American Ministry of Justice. On 27 April 1987 one allowed. Since that time forest home may enter no more into the USA. It maintained good relations against it to the Vatikan and to Arab nations.

1990 he could celebrate a diplomatic success: When Saddam Hussein before beginning of the second Gulf War held numerous foreigners as a hostage, he traveled personally to Bagdad and could obtain the release of the Austrians.

Since 1992 it is honour member of the K.H.V. Welfia monastery new castle in the

Honours (selection)

• 1975 the catholic University of lion in Leuven
• 2004 Julius Raab Ehrenmedaille in gold for "Ambassadors of the country and the economy"

See also

• Election results of Austrian Federal President elections

Related links

• '' Lonely in the yard castle '' - articles in the messages, 22. March 2004
• '' The man and its shade - Kurt forest home in the election campaign and in the justification controversy '' - article from the time, November 1986

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