Samuel Schwarz (historian)

Samuel Schwarz
Born
Samuel Szwarc

(1880-02-12)12 February 1880
Died10 June 1953(1953-06-10) (aged 73)
NationalityPolish and Portuguese
Occupations
  • Mining engineer
  • historian
  • archaeologist
  • writer
Known forRediscovery of the Jews of Belmonte; restoration of the Synagogue of Tomar
SpouseAgatha Barbasch (married 1914)
RelativesMarek Szwarc (brother)
Tereska Torrès (niece)

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. He is known for his rediscovery of the Jews of Belmonte, Portugal, and restoration of the Synagogue of Tomar.