I have extremely limited information anout the Schwarz Family branch of my personal genealogy. Fredericke Schwarz (my grandmother) died at the age of 28 and her children had little knowledge of their family origins on the Schwarz Family side. In addition the name Schwarz (meaning "black" in German) is a very common German name among both Jews and non-Jews.
Tombstone of
Frederike Schwarz in Jewish Cemetery, Vienna, Austria.
Not knowing the geographic origins of this specific Schwarz Family has made it difficult if not impossible to determine to which larger Schwarz Family this branch belongs. I am only aware of the more-or-less immediate members of the family as shown on the small Schwarz Family Chart. In addition, there was a branch of the family that emigrated to Columbia - however attempts to determine whether there are any living descendents from this branch have been fruitless to date.
Two members of my branch of the Schwarz Family who did
accomplish
something special were the sisters, Stephane Roussel and Gertrud
Schattner.
Stephane Roussel was the first French woman to be a foreign
correspondent
for a leading French newspaper. Gertrud Schattner was the founder
and first president of the National
Association
of Drama Therapists' in the United States.
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