 Some of the stories he told about the character and conduct of Torah leaders and tzadikim of previous generations were incorporated in the ""Maggid"" series of books by Rabbi Paysach Krohn, whom Schwadron mentored.Schwadron was born in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood of Jerusalem to Rabbi Yitzchak and Freida Schwadron.His father was formerly the "av beis din" (head of the rabbinical court) of Khotymyr.