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36. Bernie’s Father Immigrated to the United States
While Bernie was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 8, 1941, his father immigrated to the United States as a young adult. Elias Ben Yehuda Sanders, Bernie’s father immigrated from Słopnice, Galicia in Austria-Hungary, which, today, is part of Poland. Once he came onto American soil, he became a paint salesman. Bernie’s mother, Dorothy “Dora” Glassberg Sanders lived in the state of New York all her life.