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Dr. Rothbart

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Dr. Rothbart
BornLadislaus Rothbart
1887
Budapest
DiedSeptember 8, 1947

Dr. Laszlo Rothbart was a amateur magician, specializing in cards.

He began magic when a young boy and invented many tricks, mostly cards. Dr. Rothbart contributed to Magic Wand, Linking Ring, Chap's Scrapbook, Jinx, Bat and Genii.

He was a board member of "Circle of Hungarian Magicians" (M.M.B.K.) and the "Hungarian Amateur Magicians" M.A.M.E. [1]

A prisoner in a German Concentration Camp, he contracted tuberculosis and was considered incurable. Eventually liberated by the Russians, but moved to a sanatorium. He eventually committed suicide. [2]

His large library was left to his friend Steven Forgacs[3]

Books

  • Deck In Hand (1941)

References

  1. Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, May, 1932
  2. Obit, Linking Ring, January 1948
  3. Bat, No. 50, February 1948