JUL 12 1990

Henry Freeman
Patent Attorney
825 Ridgewood Road
Millburn, New Jersey 07041 (201) 376-0213

July 10, 1990

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger Associates
350 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10022

Re:Ermeshausen--Your Ancestral Town

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

During a recent visit to visit my family roots in Autenhausen und Ermeshausen in Bavaria, I came across the tomb of Lina Kissinger, who, I believe, was your Grandmother, and I am enclosing a photo of it, in case you do not have it. While I was born in Frankfurt in 1922 and came to the US in 1936, a cousin of my grandfather Moses Friedmann married a Minna Stern from Ermeshausen. Their nephew Edgar Stern married Edith Rosenwald, the daughter of Julius Rosenwald, the founder of Sears-Roebuck. Philip Stern, the writer, is one of their children.

A guestbook at the Otto Albert Restaurant Goldener Stern" had an inscription from your uncle Karl, when he visited Ermeshausen some years ago. I understand that your Mother was born a Stern. Was she also from Ermeshausen and related to Minna Stern?

If you have any information on Minna Stern Friedmann or her family, I would most sincerely appreciate receiving it. By the way, the Jewish Cemetery of Ermeshausen is in good shape and well taken care of.

I have been working on my family tree for the last 40 years; retired 4 years ago as a senior attorney with Exxon, and have been spending most of my recent years on family research.

If I can be of any help to you on family research, please let me know.

Henry Freeman