Alex Bernstein Deposition

No. D-1151

Displaced Persons Commision

Assurance validated 22 Oct..48

Signature Grue Delaus

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF

ELISZA MODENSTEIN

FOR IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE PROVISION OF THE DISPLACED PERSONS ACT OF 1948.

STATE OF NEBRASKA )

) SS

COUNTY OF LANCASTER}

Alex Bernstein, residing at 1612 E Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, first having been duly sworn upon his oath, deposes and says:

That I hereby give assurance, that Elisza Modenstein, my nephew of Camp Fohranwald--Wolfratshausen, Bavaria, Germany, U. S. Zone, accompanied by his family consisting of his wife, whose name is Chana Modenstein, and his daughter, two years old, whose first name, I do not know, if admitted into the United States, will be suitably employed by me at the prevailing rate of wages, without displacing some other person from employment, that he and the members of his family who accompany him, and who propose to live with him, shall not become public charges, that he and his family shall have safe and sanitary housing without displacing some other persons from such housing, that he will be properly received at the port of entry, that the transportation and expenses enroute from the port of entry, to their place of destination in the United States, will be provided, and that he will be properly received in the community of Lincoln, Nebraska.

As assurance of his employment I state as follows: That he will be employed by me at the prevailing rate of wages as a tailor in my place of business in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska.

NOTIFICATION OF VALIDATION OF ASSURANCES

Date: 10/24/48

Subject: Modenstein, Elisza Chana & Daughter

DPC Validation No. D-1151

This is to advise you that the notarized assurances filed with this office concerning the above-mentioned subject have been validated and dispatched to our representatives in Europe for further action.

As soon as any report on the progress of this case is received from Europe, you wlll be advised.

DISPLACED PERSONS COMMISSION

WASHINGTON 25, D.C.

As proof of my assurances of housing for the above persons, I State: That I will have safe and sanitary housing in my house at 1612 E Street, Lincoln, Nebraska. I live all by myself, having more than ample room for the above applicant and his family.

This petition is made by me in order that the above persons may be admitted to the United States, under the Displaced Parsons, Act of 1948.

ALEX BERNSTEIN

Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 8th day of October, 1948.

[?] Notary Public