Oscar Roth
Oscar Roth (born November 16, 1910 in Vienna , † January 16, 1981 ) was an Austrian medic and American medical officer in the army .
Life
Roth was born the son of Hungarian emigrants. He studied medicine at the University of Vienna, married a fellow student and emigrated to the USA in 1938 .
When he was naturalized in May 1944, he joined the US military and then came as a medical officer via France to Germany and Austria, where he was one of the first to enter the Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps after their liberation.
Roth made many recordings of the concentration camps and former prisoners, which he summarized in a commented album. In addition, he also recorded minutes and translated them. After his death, his wife donated a copy of the album to Yale University .
literature
- Hermann Broch, Annemarie Meier-Graefe, Paul Michael Lützeler: Death in Exile: Correspondence 1950/51. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-518-41218-3 , p. 343.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oscar Roth in the US Social Security Death Directory (SSDI), accessed October 4, 2018
- ↑ Oscar Roth in: www.newhaventorahcenter.org; accessed on October 13, 2018
- ^ Confession by camp commandant Franz Ziereis on his deathbed. ( Memento from November 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roth, Oscar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian medic and US Army medical officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1981 |