worked as an inspector for the ministry of education for biology lessons at high schools in Israel, and taught at Bar-Ilan University. For 12 years, he headed the teachers' seminary for science at the Jerusalem College for Women. Schwarz was member of the board of trustees of the University of Haifa. Schwarz was President of the International Society for Soilless Cultures (ISOSC), and founder of the Natural Sciences Department of Teacher Education at the Jerusalem College and the Jerusalem College of Technology. He also served as President of The International Society of Religious Researchers. Public activities Since 1988, as the Director of the Synagogue Memorial and Beit Ashkenaz organizations in Jerusalem, Schwarz has led a project to publish memorial books for the former synagogues of Germany and Austria, and the Jewish communities who built them. He worked with international partners and universities in this capacity. Eight memorial books have been published thus far. Schwarz was a representative of CENTRA, the organization of Jewish-German immigrants to Israel who arrived in the 1930s. He represented the survivors of German origin in the Union of Survivor Organization and Yad Vashem. Published works More than 70 scientific reports and 12 books Awards and recognition Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Cross of Merit) In 2001, he received the Yakir Yerushalayim Award (″Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem″) from the city of Jerusalem. References 1926 births 2022 deaths Israeli botanists Israeli people of German-Jewish descent Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine Kindertransport refugees Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Plant physiologists Academic staff of Jerusalem College of Technology Scientists from Nuremberg