In
1938 Bruno Bernard settled in and set up his
first photo studio in the basement of his apartment in
Los Angeles. Agent Paul Kohner, who helped many Jewish
Europeans flee after the rise of Adolph Hitler and
re-establish themselves in Hollywood, who took notice
of Bernard’s work when Bruno Bernard opened his first
studio in 1940 on Robertson Boulevard. Kohner sent him
clients, thus bringing him to the attention of the
motion picture industry
