Kurt Waldheim Controversy
Rosenbaum was the primary author of Betrayal: The Untold Story of the Kurt Waldheim Investigation and Cover-Up, a book which alleges that Waldheim was linked to or knew of war crimes while serving in the German-Austrian military as an officer under the Nazi regime, and postulates a conspiracy to whitewash his history. Waldheim had become Secretary General of the United Nations and later president of Austria and was never officially considered to be a suspect in any war crimes.
Rosenbaum's stance against Waldheim brought him into conflict with widely respected Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal who ardently defended Waldheim's innocence of any crimes against humanity or complicity in any unlawful acts of war.
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