Bernard Bertman

Bernard Bertman lived at 941 Broadway as late as 1936 and had his law offices in the Wilson Building at Broadway and Cooper Street. In the mid-1920s, he played an active role in the fundraising campaign that led to the construction of the Walt Whitman Hotel at Broadway and Cooper Street.

By 1928, Bertman had been appointed as a judge in Camden's Police Court, where he presided over numerous cases — some significant, many minor — earning frequent mentions in the newspapers.

He passed away on September 12, 1940, after an illness that lasted several months. At the time of his passing, his widowed mother was living at 1253 Langham Avenue in Camden's Parkside section.