![]() ![]() Between 19 he published some articles about Marranos in the journal of the Royal Galician Academy-of which he became a member-and in the magazine España-Nueva. Schwarz became interested in Iberian crypto-Judaism and the Marranos during his time in Spain, where he learned about the crypto-Jewish Xuetes of Mallorca. On 14 February 1915 Agatha gave birth to the couple's only child, their daughter Clara Schwarz, in Lisbon. Samuel was also an early documentarian in his new country, photographing and filming important events and locations throughout Portugal. He quickly became involved in Lisbon's expatriate Jewish community. They arrived in Portugal in 1915, and Samuel began working at the tungsten and tin mines of Vilar Formoso and Belmonte, respectively. When World War I broke out, making work in Western Europe impossible, Samuel and his wife decided to move to Lisbon, Portugal, as he had heard positive things about the country during his stint in Spain. ![]() They married in April 1914 in Odessa and honeymooned throughout Europe. While there he met Agatha Barbasch, daughter of Russian banker and militant Zionist Samuel Barbasch. In 1913 Samuel attended the Eleventh World Zionist Congress in Vienna with his father. Szwarc was a notable polyglot, speaking Russian, Polish, German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, and Yiddish, likely assisting him in his frequent work travels. Between 19 he worked as a mining engineer throughout Europe and Africa, including in the Baku oilfields in Azerbaijan coal mines in Sosnowiec, Poland, and England tin mines of the Arnoya Mining Company in the Ourense and Pontevedra provinces of Spain from 1907 to 1910 and again in 1912 and at a gold mine of the Monte Rosa Gold Mining Company in Alagna Valsesia, Italy, in 1911. Szwarc graduated from the École nationale supérieure des mines in 1904. From 1896 to 1897 Samuel studied at the École nationale des arts décoratifs, eventually transferring to the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris in 1898. His father considered sending Samuel to the Hildesheimer Rabbinical Seminary in Berlin, but ultimately sent him to study in Paris in 1896 when he was 16 years old. Samuel studied at a cheder and a Jewish high school in his youth. He was also a fervent Zionist, participating in the First Zionist Congress and subsequent congresses. In Zgierz Isucher was known for his bibliophilia and owned an extensive library. Their father Isucher Moshe Szwarc (1859–1939) was an Orthodox Jew heavily involved in Zgierz's Jewish community and the late Haskalah movement. His youngest brother was Polish-French painter and sculptor Marek Szwarc. Samuel Szwarc was born in Zgierz, Poland, on 12 February 1880, the first of ten eventual sons. He is known for his rediscovery of the Jews of Belmonte, Portugal, and restoration of the Synagogue of Tomar. Samuel Schwarz (12 February 1880 – 10 June 1953), or Samuel Szwarc, was a Polish-Portuguese Jewish mining engineer, archaeologist, and historian of the Jewish diaspora, specifically of the Sephardic and crypto-Jewish communities of Portugal and Spain. Rediscovery of the Jews of Belmonte restoration of the Synagogue of Tomar ![]()
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