Word: waldheim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ryan was sure he had the right man, and he made something of a career of his association with the case. He wrote a book, appeared as a prosecutor in a televised mock trial of Austrian president Kurt Waldheim and spoke around the country...
...that Ryan became a minor public figure as a result of his role in the trial. He published Quiet Neighbors, a book about Nazis living in America, spoke frequently on the issue and even played prose cutor in a mock trial of Austrian president and former Nazi Kurt Waldheim on cable super-station...
...Ryan agreed to play the prosecutor in an HBO television program, "Kurt Waldheim: Commission of Inquiry...
...show--a mock trial of the former Austrian president on Nazi war crimes--was widely criticized. Both Elizabeth Holtzman '62, who as a member of Congress pushed for the formation of OSI, and Neil M. Sher, then the director of the office, labeled the show dangerous and unfair to Waldheim...
...Elvis-type problem it wasn't. With President Kurt Waldheim leaving office, nobody suggested that Austrians vote between the young Waldheim (as Nazi officer) and the old, discredited one. Bureaucrats chose the current Waldheim, though some would have preferred no stamp...