Marcus Swart was the eighth child of Jesaja Swart and Saartje Levitus. He was born at 10 Rapenburgerstraat in Amsterdam. He completed the Jewish school on the Rapenburgerstraat and then helped his father in his shop. He never married.
When Marcus Swart was summoned to report to one of the Jewish labour camps in July 1942, he requested a deferment to care for his family: his father had been arreste…