Leon-Henri Roth
Luxembourgian resistant fighter in WII / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Léon-Henri Roth (29 August 1922[1][2] – 24 March 1945[1][3]) was a resistance fighter. In addition, his information (he passed while being a forced labourer), had contributed to the Allies awareness of Germans working on rocket weapons in its 1943 operations, leading to the destruction by the RAF of the German experimental rocket-launching station at Peenemunde on the Baltic.
Born in Echternach[1] he was exiled,[4][5] after being caught starting a resistance cell, punished in Luxembourgish enrolés de force (forced labourers). He had worked at Peenemünde.[2][6][7][4][8] He successfully got letters through to his father,[9] Leon Roth, a member of a Belgian network. The report stated: "development of a large rocket which made a noise resembling that of 'a squadron at low altitude'."[2]
For fear his family would suffer from the Gestapo, he refused to be helped escaping.[3] Later on, he died while in a German military car.[2]