Sub-clan AL – matriarchal anchor: Hedwig Schwelb née Porges (d. Prague, 11 August 1928).

Buried at the Israelite Cemetery, Strašnice, on Tuesday 14 August 1928 at 3:45 p.m.

Hedwig is one of the named daughters of Resie Porges née Schalek (†1915, Sub-clan BY, see Schalek-Porges Adolf cohort) and Adolf Porges of Prag-Karolinenthal. She had married Ernst Schwelb (by 1915 already her named husband), an eminent Prague jurist, and they had at least three children:

• Dr. Egon Schwelb – the eminent international jurist (b. Prague 4 June 1899, d. Geneva 5 July 1979), Deputy Director of the United Nations Human Rights Division 1947-1962, professor of international law at Yale, author of seminal works on human rights in international law. Egon Schwelb is therefore a grandson of Resie Porges née Schalek + Adolf Porges (Sub-clan BY) through his mother Hedwig Schwelb née Porges (Sub-clan AL).

• Dr. Karla Schwelb – also a doctorate-bearing professional

• Helene Schwelb

Hedwig's siblings, named in her 1928 obituary as "Geschwister" (thereby retroactively confirming the Sub-clan BY 1915 reconstruction):

• Eva Ramm née Porges (alive 1928, New York) – Sub-clan AL2

• Lucie Zeckendorf née Porges (alive 1928, Prague)

• Olga Klopper née Porges (alive 1928, Vienna)

• Bertha Metzger née Porges (alive 1928, Vienna)

Two siblings named on the 1915 maternal obituary are absent here: Josef Porges of Brüder Perutz and Bertha Metzger née Porges is named here but not Olga Klopper, etc. — sorry, all four Eva/Lucie/Olga/Bertha sisters appear here. The brother Josef Porges of Brüder Perutz is omitted from the 1928 sibling list — suggesting Josef predeceased his sister Hedwig between 1915 and 1928.

Holocaust trajectory

• Hedwig Schwelb née Porges – already deceased 1928, spared
• Ernst Schwelb (husband) – at extreme Vienna/Prague Anschluss-era risk after March 1938. Cross-checking holocaust.cz / DÖW database needed.
• Egon Schwelb – emigrated to UK before WWII (joined the Czech government-in-exile in London, then UN), survived
• Dr. Karla Schwelb – Holocaust trajectory unknown, search needed
• Helene Schwelb – Holocaust trajectory unknown, search needed
• Eva Ramm née Porges + David Ramm, New York – safe through Holocaust era
• Lucie Zeckendorf née Porges, Prague – at high Holocaust risk after March 1939
• Olga Klopper née Porges + Max Klopper, Vienna – at extreme risk after March 1938
• Bertha Metzger née Porges + Arnold Metzger, Vienna – at extreme risk after March 1938

This is a critical Holocaust-search target page: 4 named siblings + 4 named brothers-in-law + multiple grandchildren of Sub-clan BY/AL/AL2, mostly in Vienna and Prague during 1938-1945.

Source: obituaries published in Prager Tagblatt (Prague, 1878–1938) and Neue Freie Presse (Vienna, 1864–1939).