Letter from the Rosenshiels to Isaac W. Bernheim, November 11, 1939

The Rosenshiels write a two-page letter to Louisville Jewish businessman and philanthropist Isaac W. Bernheim (1848-1945) from London, England. They detail their efforts to leave Nazi Germany after "having gone through all the horrors of the nefarious Concentration camp at Dachau." They note that the treatment they have received from English authorities is warm while they wait to be able to emigrate to the United States. He describes the desperation that led his wife to ask for money from Bernheim for their immigration. Other items in Bernheim's papers show that he also funded other Jewish refugees escape from Europe in the lead up to and during World War II.

Mss. A B527a, Folder 2, Bernheim, Isaac Wolfe, 1848-1946. Papers, 1922-1943, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky

Mss. A B527a Folder 02 Item 01