The Story of
Rudolph Erwin Alexander Schwab
A strong driving force for learning more about the letters is to find out whether there are any living relatives from my grand father’s branch of my family. To date, since my father is an only child there are no other living relatives that I am in touch with. Therefore when I heard that Ernest Fleischmann has three children, I was quite excited.
It turns out that Ernest was a famous Symphony Director. Quite a controversial figure but nevertheless seems to have made a meaningful contribution to world of music.
Here’s a list of articles written about Ernest Fleischmann following is passing in June 2010:
The following New York Times article provides a good overview of his life.
The LA Times gave a more detailed obituary.
Here is a live interview with Ernest.
Another LA Times article
To see how the Schwab’s are related to Ernest Fleischmann’s family please see our family tree.
Alexander Samuel Schwab (9) Rudolph Schwab’s great grand father gave birth to Gotha who married Mayer Fleischmann. Gotha and Mayer gave birth to Gustav Fleischmann who gave birth to Ernst and Kurt Fleischmann. They came to Cape Town near the time Rudolph did and Rudolph worked for them for a while before moving to Johannesburg.
In January 2011, the BBC’s Steve Harris Radio Solent first interviewed Dr Shirli Gilbert about The Forgotten Letters project.
Please click on the following link: BBC Solent interview January 2011
Last week, Dr Shirli Gilbert spoke with the BBC of Soton’s Radio Station about the progress that she is making with researching Ralph Schwab’s letters.
Here is some video of my trip to Hanau:
Reading my great grand parents\’ tombstones in the Hanau Germany Jewish Cemetary
Following are articles from the German press about the Memorial that took place May 30th 2010 in Hanau Germany for Jews who were killed in the Holocaust.
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