Molly Conger

In February of 1961, someone hung a swastika banner over the entrance of the synagogue in Tenafly. Newspaper articles about that banner reference a similar recent incident at the synagogue in nearby Englewood. A few days later, someone painted a swastika over a plaque nearby.

In February of 1961, someone hung a swastika banner over the entrance of the synagogue in Tenafly. Newspaper articles about that banner reference a similar recent incident at the synagogue in nearby Englewood. A few days later, someone painted a swastika over a plaque nearby.

In February of 1961, someone hung a swastika banner over the entrance of the synagogue in Tenafly. Newspaper articles about that banner reference a similar recent incident at the synagogue in nearby Englewood. A few days later, someone painted a swastika over a plaque nearby.

In June, two teenage boys were spotted fleeing the scene after two trailers belonging to a contractor were broken into and left a swastika painted on the floor inside. In all of these incidents, police told the papers at the time that they had referred the cases to the juvenile division.

In June, two teenage boys were spotted fleeing the scene after two trailers belonging to a contractor were broken into and left a swastika painted on the floor inside. In all of these incidents, police told the papers at the time that they had referred the cases to the juvenile division.

In June, two teenage boys were spotted fleeing the scene after two trailers belonging to a contractor were broken into and left a swastika painted on the floor inside. In all of these incidents, police told the papers at the time that they had referred the cases to the juvenile division.

It's not like anti-Semitic incidents are so rare that I'm saying that Frank is the only possible suspect here in every 1960s Bergen County news article about a swastika.

It's not like anti-Semitic incidents are so rare that I'm saying that Frank is the only possible suspect here in every 1960s Bergen County news article about a swastika.

It's not like anti-Semitic incidents are so rare that I'm saying that Frank is the only possible suspect here in every 1960s Bergen County news article about a swastika.

I found plenty of other newspaper reports during those same two years about a local man flying a swastika flag outside of his home, about attacks on Jewish businesses and synagogues in neighboring cities, and other incidents that just don't fit this particular pattern of teenage Nazi vandalism. And the comment the judge made makes it sound like Frank had been there before.

I found plenty of other newspaper reports during those same two years about a local man flying a swastika flag outside of his home, about attacks on Jewish businesses and synagogues in neighboring cities, and other incidents that just don't fit this particular pattern of teenage Nazi vandalism. And the comment the judge made makes it sound like Frank had been there before.

I found plenty of other newspaper reports during those same two years about a local man flying a swastika flag outside of his home, about attacks on Jewish businesses and synagogues in neighboring cities, and other incidents that just don't fit this particular pattern of teenage Nazi vandalism. And the comment the judge made makes it sound like Frank had been there before.

But any appearance he'd made in court as a minor wouldn't have been reported with his name attached to it. And it's hard enough to get any information about a juvenile case in 2024, so forget figuring out what happened in 1961. But it does seem pretty likely he'd at least been a suspect in some of those incidents.

But any appearance he'd made in court as a minor wouldn't have been reported with his name attached to it. And it's hard enough to get any information about a juvenile case in 2024, so forget figuring out what happened in 1961. But it does seem pretty likely he'd at least been a suspect in some of those incidents.

But any appearance he'd made in court as a minor wouldn't have been reported with his name attached to it. And it's hard enough to get any information about a juvenile case in 2024, so forget figuring out what happened in 1961. But it does seem pretty likely he'd at least been a suspect in some of those incidents.

Because at the hearing where he pled guilty to the attempted bank robbery, Frank did admit that the police had spoken to him on numerous occasions, specifically concerning his involvement in George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi Party.

Because at the hearing where he pled guilty to the attempted bank robbery, Frank did admit that the police had spoken to him on numerous occasions, specifically concerning his involvement in George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi Party.

Because at the hearing where he pled guilty to the attempted bank robbery, Frank did admit that the police had spoken to him on numerous occasions, specifically concerning his involvement in George Lincoln Rockwell's American Nazi Party.

Before the attempted bank robbery, Frank was sentenced to an indeterminate term at a boys' reformatory, and he was released on October of 1964, shortly after his 21st birthday, after serving about two and a half years. After his first stint in jail, Frank returned to his parents' home in New Jersey.

Before the attempted bank robbery, Frank was sentenced to an indeterminate term at a boys' reformatory, and he was released on October of 1964, shortly after his 21st birthday, after serving about two and a half years. After his first stint in jail, Frank returned to his parents' home in New Jersey.