Meier Schwarz

In Israel, he was a lecturer and scholar, and was appointed head of the Hydroponics department at the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research in Beer Sheva.

His father, Ludwig Schwarz, merchant, born in Egenhausen/Ansbach, was a German army officer in the First World War, and was highly decorated.

[3] Following the Night of Broken Glass in November 1938, the family succeeded in organizing Meier Schwarz's emigration.

He was one of the early pioneers of Kibbutz Hafetz Hayim and became an active member of the Jewish underground organization, the Haganah.

[5] Among Schwarz's academic achievements is the development of hydroculture (soilless culture) which makes it possible to grow plants in desert areas using minimal irrigation.

Schwarz was head of the Department for Soilless Cultures at the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research in Beer Sheva.

[6] He worked as an inspector for the ministry of education for biology lessons at high schools in Israel, and taught at Bar-Ilan University.