Laszlo Rothbart
(Budapest, Hungary: 1887 - 6th September 1947)
Dr. Ladislaus "Laszlo" Rothbart, was a Hungarian Jew and amateur magician since boyhood. Inventor of many tricks, particularly with cards. In 1938 he founded in Budapest the Circle of Amateur Hungarian Prestidigitators together with Steven L. Forgacs. Wrote Deck in Hand: Magic of the Magyars (44pp). Survived the Nazi extermination camps in WW II, but committed suicide a few years later because of an incurable illness. Tricks in Jinx.
