Bert Roth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bert Roth

Socialist, labourer, librarian, historian

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1917

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 27-May-1994

Profession: librarian, historian

Nationality: Austria, New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Bert Roth

  • Herbert Otto Roth (7 December 1917 – 27 May 1994) was a notable New Zealand socialist, labourer, librarian and historian.
  • He was born in Vienna, Austria in 1917.
  • In his native Austria, he was known as "Otti", but in New Zealand, he was known as "Bert".Roth was leader of the Red Falcons in Austria.
  • He fled from his native country to avoid conscription after having sworn an allegiance to Adolf Hitler.
  • He then lived in Grenoble, where he was later imprisoned as an enemy alien.
  • His mother managed to organise a permit for him to emigrate to New Zealand, and he arrived in Wellington in April 1940.
  • He immediately became politically active in left wing circles, but was forbidden by the Department of Justice to take on official positions, as he was classed as an enemy alien.
  • Roth applied for naturalisation in 1944, and was granted citizenship in March 1946.Roth joined the Air Force and this allowed him to study towards a Bachelor of Arts at Victoria University College.
  • After attending the New Zealand Library School, he worked for the National Library Service in Wellington.
  • He was later the president of the New Zealand Library Association.
  • In January 1962, he started work for the University of Auckland Library.
  • He went into retirement in 1983.He married Margaret (Margot) Frances Hogben on 29 November 1946.
  • She was a journalist, and the granddaughter of George Hogben.
  • Roth's first book was a biography of the seismologist.
  • After that, Roth has mostly written about labour history.
  • His most important work is Trade unions in New Zealand past and present, which was published in 1973.
  • He was a major collector of union and labour publications, and his collection is today a major resource for the Alexander Turnbull Library.He died at his home in Mount Eden on 27 May 1994.
  • He was survived by his divorced wife, two sons and a daughter.

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