Erich Roth (1910 – executed in 1947 in Yugoslavia) was a functionary in the Gestapo (secret police) of Nazi Germany and war criminal during World War II. Roth studied law at the University of Jena and University of Göttingen and worked as an assessor for the Gestapo in Berlin starting in February 1938. After the war began, he worked in the occupation administration in the General Government in Poland starting in October 1939. Later he took over the office groups IV B1 and IV B2 (church affairs) in the newly formed Reich Security Main Office.