Temporary passports of the Russian Empire, Issued in Volyn (Lutsk) on March 28th, 1913. Name: Leizor Avraum Moishevich (Leizor Jew Avraum Moishevich). given the right to move freely in the Russian Empire. Jewish , age 19, married, Subject to military duty, but has not been called up, average growth, light blond hair, no special markings.
Herman Shooster - An apprenticeship was the normal way one learned a trade in the old country. My father became very adept at tailor- ing. I have seen his work; it was exquisite. He made all the clothing I wore as a boy. My mother told us how my father was forced to leave Russia. Trying to find himself, Frank asked a simple question, “Am I misera- ble because I am Jewish or because I am poor?” A secret meeting was scheduled to discuss a new form of government, Communism. Frank was a teenager. Circulars were printed to raise awareness and inspire people to join. Actions against the Tzar were serious acts of sedition punishable by jail and death.
Frank went to live and work with the tailor at the age of ten. He started as an errand boy. Whatever they were doing, he was able to do. And when the tailor got busy for the holidays, he was shown how to sew buttons. It wasn’t exactly tailoring, but it was a start. The tailor did not give him enough to eat. So, every so often Frank used to go home and look around if he could find a piece of bread. His father understood his hunger. So, came down to the kitchen to find a stale bread two or three weeks old, and made him a cup of tea. Just so the hunger wouldn’t drive him crazy.
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