Anton Roth
Anton Roth (born July 3, 1912 ; died December 18, 1942 in Vienna ) was an Austrian laborer and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime . He was executed.
life and work
Roth comes from Burgenland and worked for the Communist Party of Austria (KPÖ) from 1938/39 . From December 1940 to June 1941 he headed the KPÖ local group in Stegersbach . He was arrested on September 22, 1941, taken to the Gestapo in Fürstenfeld and severely abused there. In a letter of August 7, 1942 to his wife, who was smuggled out of prison, he reported: “[...] there I was severely abused with an ox-tinder , my body turned green and blue, the soles of my bare feet I was beaten in such a way that they are 2 cm high from the lump. I couldn't stand, walk, lie or sit for eight days. ”On August 12, 1942, he was tried before the People's Court - together with Ludwig Fabian , Franz Glötzl and Alois Pelzmann .
One of Roth's most important activities was to support the relatives of those arrested. The People's Court said: “The support of the families of arrested communists also served not charitable, but treasonable purposes; because such support through the transfer of money from the 'Red Aid' is not for the sake of the individual prisoners personally, but in the interest of the KPÖ. With such support actions the KPÖ tries to protect its followers from discouragement, to strengthen the feeling of togetherness and thus to consolidate the entire revolutionary impetus of the forbidden organization. ”In the grounds of the judgment, the deterrent purpose of the judgment was emphasized - because of the allegedly“ German people ”. struggle for existence imposed by Judaism and Bolshevism ":" The overall interests of the nation imperatively demand emphatic intervention against faithless national comrades [...] Every attempt to emotionally affect the victory of the people and their armed forces must be nipped in the bud. " "Whether the individual communists held important offices in the KPÖ or whether they only held subordinate positions in it".
The People's Court sentenced Anton Roth and the three co-defendants to death for preparation for high treason . The execution took place on December 18, 1942 in the Regional Court of Vienna by guillotine .
source
- Bailer , Maderthaner , Scholz (ed.): "The enforcement went without any special features". Executions in Vienna, 1938 - 1945. Vienna, undated, 88f. Online version (with three photographs by Anton Roth from the Gestapo Vienna ID card index): [1]
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roth, Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian unskilled worker and victim of the political justice system of National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Burgenland |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1942 |
| Place of death | Vienna |