So, who do they use to send out the circulars? Young boys like Frank. As he was giving out circu- lars the police noticed and chased after him. He escaped They knew he was the son of Baruch, the shoemaker, and went to his father’s home. His father told the police nothing. While the police were ques- tioning his father, Frank was just above them, hiding in the rafters of the roof. His father, worried with fear, acted quickly, but there was little he could do. He was very poor. The only thing he had left of value was the pillow on his bed. He pawned it for 5 rubles and gave these last few coins to his son, saying, “You must run away as far as you can.” He never saw his father again. To earn his way, Frank went from store to store carry- ing packages just so they should give him something to eat. He used to hop on the back of trains at night to go to the next town. The conductor didn’t even know that he was on board. Eventually, he made it to the coast of northern Germany. He was following the path of the Jewish refugees. The path led to the great transatlantic ships berthed at the port city of Bremen, Germany. With little money, he must have plead- ed with the ship’s captains to work for passage. Somehow, it worked out, and Frank crossed the Atlantic, arriving in 1908. The ship’s manifest states his name as Frank Shuster.
A Happy New Year. Hebrew Publishing Company, between 1900 and 1920. Offset color lithograph postcard. Alfred and Elizabeth Bendiner Collection. Prints and Photo- graphs Division, Library of Congress
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