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Schwatt, Herman, 1878-1935

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Biography

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) physician and director. Second husband of May Arno Charsky, who was the sister of Jennie Charsky Spivak and sister-in-law of Dr. Charles Spivak. Was born in Mitau, Latvia on Oct. 18, 1878; came to JCRS in 1910 as Superintendent of the JCRS Sanatorium. (See Sanatorium, v.4, numbers 4 & 5 (July-Oct. 1910)). Died in 1935.

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Famous Troupe Amuses the Sick at a Famous Sanatorium, 1929 August 4

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Identifier: B296.01.0001.00002.00023
Abstract Newspaper clipping of a photograph of a traveling theater company's performance at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) in August 1929. Caption misidentifies director Maurice Schwarz's New York company, the Yiddish Art Theatre, as the [by-then defunct] Jewish Art Theatre. JCRS Sanatorium superintendent Herman Schwatt, M.D. is shown in the upper row, second from left. The newpaper clipping is from the Jewish Daily Forward, and was found in a scrapbook created by singer and actor...
Dates: 1929 August 4