Branko Švarc

{{Short description|Croatian communist and Mayor of Koprivnica (1894–1972)}}

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| name = Branko Švarc

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| birth_date = 1894

| birth_place = Koprivnica, Austro-Hungarian Empire, (now Croatia)

| death_date = 1972 (aged 78)

| death_place = Koprivnica, SFR Yugoslavia

| resting_place= Koprivnica cemetery

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| years_active = 1932–1937 (Mayor)

| spouse = Marija Brozović

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| nationality = Croat

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| occupation = Politician

| known_for = Mayor of Koprivnica

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Dr. Branko Švarc (1894–1972) was a Croatian judge and Mayor of Koprivnica.

Švarc was born in Koprivnica to a Croatian Jewish family. His father was suits trader. Švarc was educated in Prague and Zagreb. He was an active member of the "Academics Club" and later a member of the numerous societies in Koprivnica. Švarc was married to Marija (née Brozović) Švarc, sister of a notable veterinary historian Leander Brozović. In 1932 he was elected as a Mayor of Koprivnica, position which he held until 1937. During World War II Švarc joined the Partisans. In Varaždin Švarc held the position of a judge. Švarc died in 1972 and is buried in a Jewish part of Koprivnica cemetery.{{in lang|hr}} Podravski zbornik: Krešimir Švarc: Židovi u kulturnom i društvenom životu Koprivnice 1929.-1941.: broj 28: stranica 222-228: Koprivnica, 2002.{{in lang|hr}} Podravski zbornik: Sjećanje na Branka Švarca: broj 30: stranica 201-229: Koprivnica, 2004.{{in lang|hr}} Podravina: Mira Kolar: Grad Koprivnica i njegovi ljudi u vrijeme velike svjetske krize: Volumen 6: broj 140: stranica 201-229: Koprivnica, 2007.{{harvtxt|Kraus|1998|p=382}}