Brooklyn Holocaust Survivor Had 17 Children and Left 2,500 Descendants

A 94-year-old Holocaust survivor died, leaving behind at least 2,500 descendants, The Jewish Week website reports today.

Yitta Schwartz of Kiryas Joel in New York was buried yesterday (January 4, 2009). She had five generations of descendants.

Schwartz survived Bergen Belsen, leaving the concentration camp with her family intact when World War II ended in 1945. Schwartz, her husband and six children moved to Antwerp, Belgium before settling in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

The Schwartzes had 11 more children following the war. Her husband died 33 years ago.

Schwartz had 170 grandchildren -- and she knew all their names.