Bratislava in Bratislava I, Bratislavský kraj, Slovakia — Central Europe

Štefan Schwarz (1914-1996)

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, circa November 12, 2022

1. Štefan Schwarz (1914-1996) Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

V tejto budove pôsobil významný československý matematik a pedagog

(English translation:)

The prominent Czechoslovak mathematician and pedagogue worked in this building.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Science & Medicine.

Location. 48° 9.281′ N, 17° 6.354′ E. Marker is in Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj, in Bratislava I. It is on Štefánikova, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Štefánikova 47, Bratislava, Bratislavský kraj 811 04, Slovakia. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Europe,

the European Union,

the Carpathian States,

Central Europe,

Eastern Europe,

the Schengen Area,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Ottoman Empire

and specifically also the Holy Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Milan Rastislav Štefánik (within shouting distance of this marker); Vladimír J. Žuffa (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct

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line); A Bolo Svetlo / Let There Be Light (approx. half a kilometer away); The Liberation of Bratislava (1919) (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Sister Veronika Theresia Rácková (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Agatha Toott Borlobaschin Witch Burning Memorial (approx. one kilometer away); Memorial of the Velvet Revolution (approx. one kilometer away); Jozef Murgaš (approx. 1.1 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bratislava.

Also see . . .
1. Štefan Schwarz (eZERINF).

Excerpt: Štefan Schwarz was a world-renowned Slovak mathematician, founder of the theory of semi-groups, and long-time, extraordinarily successful professor of mathematics at SVŠT (today STU). In the years 1965-1970 he was chairman of the Slovak Academy of Sciences….

(Submitted on December 30, 2022.)

2. Stefan Schwarz (MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive).

Excerpt on his survival in WW II: … in November 1944, Schwarz was betrayed to the SS by some local informers. He was arrested and sent him to the Oranienburg-Sachsenhausen concentration camp north-west of Berlin. Of the total of around 200 000 prisoners who were sent to
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, circa November 12, 2022

2. Štefan Schwarz (1914-1996) Marker
Sachsenhausen, about 100 000 died there. Many of the remainder were transferred to other camps and indeed Schwarz was transferred to Buchenwald, a camp which complemented the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. There were no gas chambers at Buchenwald but hundreds still died there through disease, starvation, assaults and executions. In April 1945, when Schwarz was near death, Buchenwald camp was liberated and his life was saved. Schwarz's two sisters did not survive the war however, one dying in the concentration camp at Auschwitz and the other in Bergen-Belsen camp.

(Submitted on December 30, 2022.)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 30, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 30, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 170 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 30, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.