Photos: Mel Feuer

Mel Feuer, a retired teacher and principal, and a survivor of WWII and Stalag 17, laughs with students during a weekly visit to a fifth-grade classroom at Castle Heights Elementary School.

After Mel Feuer, right, a retired teacher and a survivor of WWII and Stalag 17, made his final visit of the school year to a fifth-grade classroom at Castle Heights Elementary School, student Adam Berman gives him a goodbye hug.

Mel Feuer, a retired teacher and principal, and a survivor of WWII and Stalag 17, laughs with fifth-grade students during one of his weekly visits to a fifth-grade classroom at Castle Heights Elementary School.

Mel Feuer, a retired teacher and principal and a survivor of WWII and Stalag 17, walks with a balloon given to him by a fifth-grade class at Castle Heights Elementary School, after making his final visit of this school year to their classroom.