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Archive Home > 2008 > October > 12 > Austrian rightist dead in crash

Austrian rightist dead in crash

Joerg Haider, infamous for Nazi praise, changed politics in his country

By Nicholas Kulish and Eugen Freund / The Bulletin
October 12, 2008

BERLIN — Joerg Haider, the controversial and charismatic far-right politician who transformed Austria’s politics in recent decades, died of injuries suffered in a car accident early Saturday. He was 58.

Haider’s sudden death touched off an outpouring of shock and....

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