Remembering vets and survivors

The S.A.V.E. (Survivor And Veteran Experiences) eighth grade team from Swallow School in the Town of Merton competed at the Regional Destination Imagination competition in Germantown on March 22 and won first place for its Project Outreach depiction of stories from interviews with local Holocaust survivors and World War II veterans. From left: Karyn Roelke (team manager), Julian Plaster (veteran), Arleen Peltz (wife of Walter Peltz, Holocaust survivor), Gary Griepentrog, Bailey Wakefield, Mary Baumgartner, Morgan Roelke, Jake Julius, Joan Champion of the Nathan and Esther Pelz Holocaust Education Resource Center of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation, Chuck Franzke (veteran) and Christy Julius (team manager). Photo provided by HERC.