File:Schwerin and Freudenberg family at the dinner table circa 1920.jpg

DescriptionSchwerin and Freudenberg family at the dinner table circa 1920.jpg	English: Schwerin and Freudenberg family at the dinner table circa 1930-1940
Date	circa 1920 date QS:P,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source	Bernhard Hans Schwerin family archive   Location Jewish Museum Berlin  Website objekte.jmberlin.de/object/jmb-obj-539628  Authority file : Q61993417 institution QS:P195,Q61993417
Author	Hans Bernhard Schwerin  (1878–1945)     Alternative names Dr. Hans Schwerin, M.D.; Hans Schwerin (1878-1945); Hans Israel Schwerin; Hans Bernhard Schwerin (1878-1945); Bernhard Hans Schwerin Description German- physician, genealogist and amateur photographer Date of birth/death 20 May 1878  1945  Location of birth/death Berlin Gross-Rosen concentration camp Authority file : Q59164080 VIAF: 319158915858350000002 GND: 1209771640 creator QS:P170,Q59164080

From left to right are:

• Erna Guth (1887-1921), his first wife, died in 1921 and Hans Bernhard Schwerin's second wife, Eva Amalie Rutkowski, is present. She is marked Erna or Emma in the caption.
• Dr. Hans Bernhard Schwerin, M.D. (1878-1945)
• Eva Amalie Rutkowski (1887-1990)
• Julius Werner Freudenberg (1887-1964)
• Klara Antonie Freudenberg (1856-1939)
• Martha Hulda Schwerin (1876-1945)
• Unknown marked as Tante Maria
• Oscar Erich Freudenberg (1864-1942)

• David Keays writes in 2019: "The handwriting is Ursula’s (Brian’s Mum), so Papa is Hans Schwerin, Mutti is his second wife, Eva (Rutkowski).  Next to her is Werner Freudenberg, then Toni Schwerin (Klara Antonie Freudenberg), Hans’ sister Martha Salomon (widowed 1929), Tante Maria is unknown to me and finally, Oskar Freudenberg.  On the extreme left, the lady is identified as Erna but I only know of one Erna and that is Erna Guth, Hans Schwerin’s first wife who died 1921.  I believe the photo must have been taken in the thirties, so it can’t be Erna Guth and he would never have had current and ex-wives present together!  So I think Ursula probably misidentified the lady and she remains unknown."
• Richard Arthur Norton writes on August 12, 2019: Erna Guth (1887-1921), Dr. Hans Bernhard Schwerin, M.D.'s (1878-1945) first wife, died in 1921 and Hans Bernhard Schwerin's second wife, Eva Amalie Rutkowski (1887-1990), is present in the photograph which creates a dilemma for dating the image. Eva Amalie Rutkowski (1887-1990) was his nurse, and they met during WWI (1914-1918), so it is possible that they would be both in the photograph and it dates from 1920. What determines the year of the image as 1920 or 1930 is how old Dr. Hans Bernhard Schwerin, M.D. (1878-1945) looks in the image. Is he age 42 in 1920, or 52 in 1930, or 62 in 1940?
• Richard Arthur Norton writes on December 13, 2020: I am convinced that the image contains Erna Guth (1887-1921), so the image was taken circa 1920. It is not unusual that Eva Amalie Rutkowski (1887-1990) would be present at this dinner party, she was unmarried and the nurse for Dr. Hans Bernhard Schwerin, M.D. (1878-1945) at his medical practise. He would marry her after the death of his wife.

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