Iren Shvartz was born in Valea Lui Mihai, Romania, 1926 to Vilhelm and Sara. Prior to WWII she lived in Valea Lui Mihai, Romania. During the war she was in Germany. Iren survived the Shoah.
Jews deported to or imprisoned in camps, ghettos or forced labor frameworks, who were in hiding, in clandestinity or resistance formations, or suffered relentless persecution under antisemitic legislation in territories controlled by the Nazis or their allies, and were alive by the end of 1945 are considered Shoah survivors.