Word: waclawik
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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Back home in Vienna, no one was very much surprised that Waldheim had reached the peak of an admirably planned career. Son of a school inspector who changed the family name from Waclawik to the socially more acceptable Waldheim, he decided in high school to become a diplomat and set about acquiring the credentials, starting with studies at the Vienna Consular Academy and at Vienna University. During World War II, he fought with the German army on the Russian front until he was wounded in 1942 and sent home, where he completed his law degree. He joined the Austrian foreign...
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