Jeremias Swart was the eldest of the four children of Abraham Swart and Sophia Swaab. 8 January 1931 he married Judith Walvisch, a daughter of Simon Walvisch and Rosette Abram. The couple had two children, namely Ronny in 1934 and Alfred in 1938. It was possible that Alfred went into hiding; he survived the Holocaust. His sister Ronny and her parents were killed in the Shoah.
After his marriage, Jeremias Swart lived with his wife Judith Walvisch at Reitstraat 36 in Amsterdam, where Ronny was born. 31 October 1935 the family moved to Van Woustraat 242 ground floor, where Jeremias earned his living as retailer of cigars in his cigarshop. Before that, he was a brilliant polisher.
From their address Van Woustraat, Jeremias Swart, his wife Judith and daughter Ronny were deported by the Germans 11 February 1943 to concentration camp Vught. 7 June 1943, the 9-year old Ronny was put on transport with the so-called children transport via Westerbork to Sobibor. Her mother Judith Walvisch has accompagnied her daughter. In Westerbork they had to stay for one night in barrack 62, to be put on transport again 8 June to the final destination. On arrival in Sobibor 11 June 1943 they were both immediately killed.
Only after one month, on 17 July 1943 Jeremias Swart too was taken from Vught to Westerbork. He stayed there in barrack 57 for about 6 months, till he has been deported 1 February 1944 to Bergen Belsen. Eventually, there Jeremias Swart lost his life on 17 December 1944, due to diseases, exhaustion, hardship or otherwise.
Sources: City Archive of Amsterdam, family registration card and archive card of Jeremias Swart; website wiewaswie.nl, wedding Swart/Walvisch; the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards of Jeremias Swart, Judith Swart-Walvisch and Ronny Swart.