Bio Box
Name: Harry Bernstein.
Age:<$> 96; Born May 30, 1910, in Stockport, England.
Occupation: Retired in 1963 after working for various movie production companies reading scripts and working as a magazine editor for trade magazines. Also wrote freelance articles during his career for such publications as Popular Mechanics, Jewish American Monthly and Newsweek. Wrote his first book, “The Invisible Wall,” at the age of 93 and is finishing his second book.
Family: Wife, Ruby, died in 2002; Bernstein has two children, Adraenne and Charles>
Book: “The Invisible Wall” is about Bernstein’s life growing up in a northern England mill town. His street was divided into Jews on one side and Christians on the other. Both sides were desperately poor but separated by religious animosity.
Quot$> “You’ve got to be taught to hate. You’ve got to be taught from the time you’re six or seven or eight. It’s put in your mind. It’s handed down, almost like an heirloom, among Christians. They didn’t know why they hated us.”