Bowen Beecher

4/6/11

Yitta Schwartz died in January of 2010. She left with 15 children, 200 grandchildren, and many more great grandchildren. It is estamated she had about 2000 descendants. Mrs. Schwartz was a member of the Satmar Hasidic sect, whose couples average nine children. She may have generated one of the largest clans of Holocaust survivors ever. She was an extremely religious person. She attended almost every religious event that occurred in her family. She considered having that many children a tribute to god. She had her first child around the age of thirteen.

In my opinion this is completely rediculous. The fact that she had so many children at such a young age is crazy. She probably had a very limited social life because of it. She was probably more family oriented than anything. Her life was completely absorbed by family and the Jewish religion. She gave birth to a total of 18 children. She lost two children in the Holocaust. Another one was lost in a summer camp accident. She lived in New York near Monroe for the last thirty years of her life. Her children worked in ranges from rabbis , teachers, merchants, plumbers, and truck drivers. She led a very interesting life.