Family History and Emigration
Herman's parents were David and Marie Elsohn Bernstein. His brother was a writer, Hillel, or Harry Bernstein. When he was 6 years old, his parents moved to Mohilev, on the Dnieper river in present day Belarus. Herman emigrated to the United States in 1893 first arriving in Chicago. He married Sophie Friedman in 1901. They had four children together, Violet Bernstein Willheim, Hilda Bernstein Gitlin, Dorothy Bernstein Nash, and David Bernstein.
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