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Sub-clan X — matriarchal anchor: Anna Zwicker née Porges
(b. ca. 1852-1853, d. Prague Thursday 28 October 1909 at 10 p.m., in her 57th
year of life, after long severe illness).
Funeral on Sunday 31 October 1909 at 2 p.m. from the new Israelite Ceremonial
Hall at Hampas No. 243-5. (Day-of-week check: 28 October 1909 = Thursday ✓;
31 October 1909 = Sunday ✓.)
The Altneusynagoge connection — uniquely prestigious religious-communal anchor
Anna's husband is identified as Alexander Zwicker, Custos of the
Altneusynagoge — the only documented Porges-affiliated officeholder
of Prague's most historic Jewish religious institution in the entire corpus.
The Altneusynagoge (Czech: Staronová synagoga; the "Old-New Synagogue")
is one of Europe's most important Jewish religious sites:
- Built ca. 1270 — the oldest active synagogue in Europe
- Located in the historic Josefov / Jewish Quarter of Prague
- Most associated with the Maharal (Rabbi Judah Loew, 1525-1609) and the legend of the Golem of Prague
- Continuous active religious use for ~750 years (with one interruption during the Nazi occupation)
The Custos (Kustos) position carried day-to-day administrative
responsibility for the synagogue building, supervision of religious services,
and care of religious artifacts — a salaried position held under the Prague
Jewish Community (Židovská obec / Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Prag). This
is therefore one of the most religiously-prominent Porges-affiliated profiles
in the corpus, distinct from the merchant-industrial-professional networks
of the Vienna and Karolinenthal Porges branches.
Family
Husband: Alexander Zwicker, Custos of the Altneusynagoge (alive 1909).
Children (alive 1909): Elsa, Ernst, Hedwig, Hugo, Siegfried, Marie,
Eugenie Zwicker — seven named children.
Daughter-in-law: Bertha Zwicker née Hofmann.
Grandchildren (1909): Walter Zwicker, Lilli Zwicker.
Anna's siblings (Porges family of origin):
• Rosa Freund née Porges (alive 1909)
• Josef Porges (alive 1909)
Sisters-in-law (Zwicker family): Clara Fluß née Zwicker, Pauline Zwicker.
Holocaust trajectory
Anna's seven children (b. ca. 1875-1895) would have been 43-63 years old in 1938 —
the prime deportation cohort. Prague-resident Zwicker descendants are top-priority
research targets for holocaust.cz cross-reference. The Altneusynagoge connection
is unlikely to have offered protection during the Protectorate-era persecution.
- Search holocaust.cz for Zwicker Prague-resident transports 1942-1944
- Particular focus on Walter and Lilli Zwicker (grandchildren b. ca. 1900-1909)
- Anna's brother Josef Porges (alive 1909) and sister Rosa Freund née Porges — independent search targets
Source: obituaries published in Prager Tagblatt (Prague, 1878–1938) and Neue Freie Presse (Vienna, 1864–1939).
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