Erna Roth-Oberth (born 27 February 1922 in Schäßburg (Sighișoara), Transylvania; died 23 August 2012 in Feucht was a Transylvanian-German lawyer, a daughter of Hermann Oberth.[1] From 1953, she worked as a lawyer, assisted her father in completing his business affairs and in publishing his works. In 1969, she co-founded the Salzburg International Space Agency, Hermann Oberth - Wernher von Braun (IFR) in Salzburg, and was its vice president for many years.[2] In 1971, together with her husband Josef Roth, she founded the Hermann Oberth Space Museum (HORM) in Feucht near Nuremberg with the aim of illustrating the development of space technology.

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  1. ^ "Dr. jur. Erna Roth-Oberth".
  2. ^ Boris, Rauschenbach. Hermann Oberth: 1894–1989. Über die Erde hinaus. Eine Biographie. Mit einem Vorwort von Ernst Stuhlinger. E.I.R. GmbH (1995).