Otto Rösch

Otto Franz Rösch or Otto Roesch (24 March 1917 – 3 November 1995) was an Austrian politician of the SPÖ. He was a member of the Nazi Party and worked in a National Socialist educational institution. He rose to become the Secretary of state in Austria.

Otto Rösch
Otto Rösch (standing, fifth from left) in the Bruno Kreisky cabinet (1970)
Born	Otto Franz Rösch (1917-03-24)24 March 1917 Template City
Died	3 November 1995(1995-11-03) (aged 78)
Occupation	Politician
Years active	1951–1991
State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defense
In office 1959–1966

Early life

Röschwas born in Vienna, Austria on 24 March 1917. He studied (law and philosophy) at the University of Vienna and the University of Graz.^[1]

Career

Rösch was a member of the Nazi Party and on 8 December 1947, he was arrested and put on trial as a neo-Nazi. He was acquitted in 1949.^[2][3]

Rösch rose to become the Secretary of State in Austria.^[4] During the Cold War, he called for reducing defense spending. He also said the West was threatening the neutrality of Austria more than the East saying, "...the military threat from the West is larger."^[5] Rösch also served a Minister of the Interior in a previous government.^[2]

References

1. "Otto Roesch". Parliament. Republic Osterreich. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
2. Plasser, Fritz (2017). New Perspectives on Austrians and World War II (1st ed.). UK: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781351503136. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
3. Wistrich, Robert S. (2007). Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism. Jerusalem: ebrew University of Jerusalem, the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism. p. 11. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
4. Rainio-Niemi, Johanna (2014). The Ideological Cold War : the Politics of Neutrality in Austria and Finland. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. p. 152. ISBN 9781135042417. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
5. Makko, Aryo; Kramer, Mark; Ruggenthaler, Peter (2021). The Soviet Union and Cold War neutrality and nonalignment in Europe. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. p. 436. ISBN 9781793631930. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

External links

• Otto Rösch on the website of the Austrian Parliament
• Otto Rösch on the website of the Landtag of Lower Austria
• Entry on Otto Rösch in the Austria-Forum (in the AEIOU Austria-Lexicon)
• Otto Roesch. In: dasrotewien.at – web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (ed.)
• Radio recordings with Otto Rösch in the online archive of the Austrian media library