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Aug. 13, 1990: Died:Bruno Kreisky
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Aug. 13, 1990 Iraq On The March
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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MILESTONES, Page 73
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<p> DIED. Bruno Kreisky, 79, Chancellor of Austria from 1970 to
1983; in Vienna. Known affectionately as Emperor Bruno, the
pragmatic socialist led his country into a postwar prosperity
and made Vienna a center for international affairs. Born to
Jewish parents, Kreisky severed connections with Judaism and
called himself an agnostic. In 1938 he was arrested by the
Gestapo, then fled to Sweden. Kreisky was often criticized by
Israel for his ties to Arab leaders, including Yasser Arafat
and Muammar Gaddafi. During his tenure, however, thousands of
Soviet Jews passed through Austria on the way to Israel and
elsewhere. Said former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt last
week: "Austria loses one of its most distinguished postwar
politicians, European democracy one of its most convincing
leading figures."
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