Charlotte (Lotte) Huth (geb. Rohrer)

Charlotte 'Lotte' Rohrer was born in Zelenika near Cattaro [today: Zelenika near Kotor] in present-day Montenegro as the legitimate daughter of Johann Karl Rohrer and Aurelia, née Wimmer. Nothing has been preserved about her childhood and youth. Obviously, she must have completed a commercial apprenticeship.

In 1932, she acquired Austrian citizenship. In June 1938, after the occupation of Austria by the Third Reich, she began working as a military employee in Vienna. On July 22, 1942, she married Captain Alfred Huth, who was transferred to the Wehrkreiskommando XVIII in Vienna on January 1, 1942, where Charlotte Rohrer also worked as a secretary. Although they had no children of their own, they had a foster child.

[Note: This later led to a misunderstanding, especially as she only married Alfred Huth posthumously after the liberation of Austria.]

Charlotte Huth subsequently became the chief secretary to the head of department and resistance fighter Major Carl Szokoll, who was the Viennese contact person for Operation Valkyrie but remained undetected. In the spring of 1945, Major Carl Szokoll and his associates plan the 'Operation Radetzky'. The aim was to support the Red Army in the liberation of Vienna and thus prevent major destruction. Major Karl Biedermann, also a member of 'Operation Radetzky', is to be sent with his troops, which also include Captain Alfred Huth and First Lieutenant Rudolf Raschke are to occupy key positions in the city and prevent bridges from being blown up. Charlotte Huth was also involved in the resistance movement.

However, the 'Operation Radetzky' planned for April 6, 1945 was betrayed. On April 5, 1945, the SS occupied the Army District Command XVIII at Stubenring 1 in Vienna's 1st district and arrested the resistance fighters. Charlotte Huth was also among those arrested.

Major Karl Biedermann, First Lieutenant Rudolf Raschke and her husband Alfred Huth were also arrested and hanged at Floridsdorfer Spitz in Vienna on April 8, 1945.

The secretary of resistance fighter Major Carl Szokoll is released from prison by the SS on April 8, 1945, as nothing can be proven against her.

A few days later, she witnesses the liberation of Vienna from the National Socialist dictatorship and the re-establishment of the Republic of Austria.

After the liberation of Austria, she posthumously marries the murdered Captain Alfred Huth in a civil ceremony. She became involved in the ÖVP-Kameradschaft der politisch Verfolgten und Bekenner für Österreich.

Charlotte Huth died at the age of 70 and found her final resting place in the cemetery in Vienna-Hietzing.