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Rachel Oestreicher Bernheim

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Rachel Bernheim (née Oestreicher; born May 15, 1943) is the chairwoman of The Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States, a human rights organization in New York.[1]

Biography

She was born on May 15, 1943, the daughter of Rachel Irvin Oestreicher of Salisbury, North Carolina, who owned Dave Oestreicher Inc., a department store in Salisbury. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. Her first marriage ended in divorce. She then married Charles Alexander Bernheim, a managing director of Bear, Stearns & Company.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ms. Oestreicher Haspel, Mr. Bernheim". New York Times. May 14, 1995. Retrieved 2011-11-18. Rachel Oestreicher Haspel, the president of the Raoul Wallenberg Committee of the United States, a human rights organization in New York ...
  2. ^ Robin Finn (November 13, 2001). "Taking Time to Recognize a New Age of Heroes". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-18.