Bernstein
HERMAN, an author born in Neustadt-Scherwindt, Poland, 1876; came to the United States in 1893.
From 1908 to 1912 he traveled in various countries of Europe as correspondent of the New York Times," securing interviews with notables, especially one with Tolstoi that attracted wide attention. In 1915 he again visited Europe to investigate the condition of the Jev's in the war-stricken countries of eastern Europe. From Russia in 1917 he secured the "Willy-Nicky" correspondence between the Kaiser and the Czar. He was editor-in-chief of the "American Hebrew" from 1916.