aho ▁Category : H istor ic ▁districts ▁in ▁Id aho <0x0A> </s> ▁Herbert ▁Otto ▁Roth ▁( 7 ▁December ▁ 1 9 1 7 ▁– ▁ 2 7 ▁May ▁ 1 9 9 4 ) ▁was ▁a ▁notable ▁New ▁Zealand ▁social ist , ▁labour er , ▁li br arian ▁and ▁historian . ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Vienna , ▁Austria ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 7 . ▁In ▁his ▁native ▁Austria , ▁he ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁" O tt i ", ▁but ▁in ▁New ▁Zealand , ▁he ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁" B ert ". ▁ ▁Roth ▁was ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Fal cons ▁in ▁Austria . ▁He ▁fled ▁from ▁his ▁native ▁country ▁to ▁avoid ▁cons cription ▁after ▁having ▁sw orn ▁an ▁alleg iance ▁to ▁Adolf ▁Hitler . ▁He ▁then ▁lived ▁in ▁Gren o ble , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁later ▁imprison ed ▁as ▁an ▁enemy ▁al ien . ▁His ▁mother ▁managed ▁to ▁organ ise ▁a ▁permit ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁em igr ate ▁to ▁New ▁Zealand , ▁and ▁he ▁arrived ▁in ▁Well ington ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 4 0 . ▁He ▁immediately ▁became ▁polit ically ▁active ▁in ▁left ▁wing ▁circles , ▁but ▁was ▁forb idden ▁by ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Justice ▁to ▁take ▁on ▁official ▁positions , ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁class ed ▁as ▁an ▁enemy ▁al ien . ▁Roth ▁applied ▁for ▁natural isation ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁and ▁was ▁granted ▁citizens hip ▁in ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 6 . ▁ ▁Roth ▁joined ▁the ▁Air ▁Force ▁and ▁this ▁allowed ▁him ▁to ▁study ▁towards ▁a