Kurt Haldweim (1918-2010) was the third Führer of the Greater German Reich.^[1] He served in that position for longer than anyone except for Adolf Hitler himself.

Haldweim died at the age of 91 after a series of illnesses and recuperations.^[2] He was an autocratic ruler, but nowhere to the extent of his predecessors, Hitler and Heinrich Himmler.^[3]

Haldweim was born in Austria, and served in the Second World War.^[4]

Literary NoteEdit

Haldweim was based on the historical Kurt Waldheim (1918-2007). Presumably, Turtledove changed the character's name as Waldheim was still living at the time In the Presence of Mine Enemieswas written.

1. ↑ See, e.g., In the Presence of Mine Enemies, pg. 38.
2. ↑ Ibid., pg. 72.
3. ↑ See, e.g., pg. 262.
4. ↑ Ibid., pg. 50

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