Louis Bernheim
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Portrait photograph of Bernheim in uniform.
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| Born |
October 1, 1861 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Belgium |
| Died | February 13, 1931 (aged 69) Paris, France |
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 Belgium
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| Rank | 1880-1923 |
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Lieutenant-General Louis Bernheim was a Belgian career soldier and general, notable for his service during World War I. He was also notable as one of Belgium's highest ranking soldiers of Jewish origin.
Bernheim was born into a Jewish family in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels on 1 September 1861. His parents had emigrated to Belgium from Nancy, France in 1858.
Entering the Ecole Militaire in 1878, Bernheim joined the Regiment of Grenadiers as a second lieutenant at the age of 19. He later taught at the Royal Military Academy in Brussels. Rising through the ranks rapidly in the first years of the 20th century, Bernheim was a lieutenant-colonel in the 7th Regiment of the Line at the time of the German invasion of Belgium in August 1914.
He was promoted to command the 3rd Brigade during the Siege of Antwerp in September 1914 and commanded his unit during the fighting around the Nete. In November 1914, he was promoted to major-general and, in 1915, was given command of the 1st Army Division in the Steenstraet section of the Yser Front. During an inspection of his troops at the front in September 1915, Bernheim was severely wounded by an enemy artillery shell but returned to service after just two months' convalescence. In March 1916, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General. In 1917, the Frontbeweging, a Flemish Movement group, became important in the 1st Army Division and Bernheim was attacked by Flamingant soldiers for his attempts to suppress it.
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