Schwab

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Private User
7/20/2019 at 2:16 PM

Rabbi Löw Schwab ((Löw) Loew Schwab) was born in Moravsky Krumlov. According to geni his father was Markus Schwab. According to https://www.mkrumlov.cz/zidovsky-hrbitov/d-5095 there is a prominent grave of Aron Mordechaj Schwab in the local cemetery. I wonder how they are connected.

7/21/2019 at 1:05 AM

My grandmother's grandfather was Schwab Lőw.
More sources including Schwab David (son of Schwab Lőw)
According to his biography, Lőw Schwab's father was a simple peddler.

Private User
7/21/2019 at 1:33 AM

Hello Pál, thank you for your reply and nice to be in touch with you. Yes, I've read this information, too, that his father was a "Hausierer" (as well as several biografical notes and texts). Löw Schwab must have been a very impressive personality.
The Schwab family seems to have lived for some time in Moravsky Krumlov, so I wondered if there is more known about further family connections in older times. There is a family in the Netherelands calles Zwaap whose family lore says that they had come longer time ago somewhere from the region. Strangely, his father and his uncles also ressemble Löw Schwaab strongly (at least as he is shown in this picture: https://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_S/Schwab_Loew_1794_1857.xml). Zwaap is the Dutch form of Schwab, and so I wonder if it might be possible to find traces that go to France or the Netherlands somehow.

7/22/2019 at 10:03 AM

Unfortunately, I know little English. I didn't understand this sentence "Strangely, his father and his uncles also ressemble Löw Schwaab strongly" I just saw Schwab Löw's picture

Private User
7/23/2019 at 1:35 AM

Thank you - do you speak Hungarian? Your English ist quite good!! Do you speak also other languages?

7/23/2019 at 8:46 AM

Hungarian is my native language. I speak a little English

Private User
1/11/2020 at 4:58 PM

Have you seen the grave of Löw Schwab (in Moravsky Krumlov), or do you have a picture?

1/12/2020 at 1:42 AM

Schwab Löw's Tomb in Central Budapest (Kozma Street)
is in a cemetery. (Lot 5 1 row 1 grave)
Originally buried at Lehel Street Cemetery (1857) The cemetery was relocated when it was liquidated.
I've been to the grave many times. I have many pictures of him.

The relationship between Markus (Mordechai) Schwab and Löw Schwab has not been proved, but is likely.

http://www.chewra.com/keshetnew/kweb/tomb_detail.aspx?tomb=3609&amp...

Private User
1/12/2020 at 5:50 AM

Thank you! One can read in several sources that Löw Schwab's (1794-1857) father was a peddler. But no name seems to be known. This Mordechai Schwab who died in 1832 could have theoretically been his father, or a sibbling, but you say that no sufficient research exists. Thanks again, Pál Fischer!

1/13/2020 at 1:17 AM

David Schwab (son of Löw Schwab) wrote a long biography of his father. The biography was published in 1860 copies of the Illustrirte Judenzeitung. On page 2 of the August 1860 issue, Löw Schvab's father's name is Markus.

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