Re-enactors (from left) Tom Eastman as Benno Rybizka, Christoph Schneider as his grandfather Hannes Schneider, Hannah Schneider as Hannes’ wife, Ludwina, and George Cleveland as Harvey Dow Gibson lead the way for Conway Intermediate School fourth graders walking under the arch of raised ski poles in Schouler Park as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Conway Intermediate School fourth graders help Cranmore ski patrollers (from left Abby Gorham, Grace Murdoch-Roy and Dana Cosby) lift a classmate in the North Conway Community Center as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Conway Intermediate School fourth graders lift a classmate with ski patrol equipment during the Cranmore Mountain ski patrol's presentation at the North Conway Community Center as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Conway Intermediate School fourth graders lift a classmate with ski patrol equipment during the Cranmore Mountain ski patrol's presentation at the North Conway Community Center as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fourth graders from Conway Intermediate School look for a scavenger hunt clue in one of the display cases at the New England Ski Museum as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Volunteer Suzanne McCarthy helps Conway Intermediate School fourth graders find the answer for a scavenger hunt clue at the New England Ski Museum as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fourth graders from Conway Intermediate School set up their pipe-cleaner skiers to race down a ramp in the North Conway Country Club, with volunteer Betsy Packard at right, as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of Cranmore Mountain's ski patrol (from left) Dana Cosby, Grace Murdoch-Roy, Joe Yahna (on floor), Abby Gorham and Tom Harmon show Conway Intermediate School fourth graders how they use a sled to transport injured skiers in the North Conway Community Center as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fourth graders and staff from Conway Intermediate School watch as pipe-cleaner skiers race down a ramp in the North Conway Country Club as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cranmore ski patroller Abby Gorham helps a Conway Intermediate School fourth grader wrap up an "injured" classmate during the ski patrol's presentation at the North Conway Community Center as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Christoph Schneider (right) as his grandfather Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider signs autographs for local fourth graders on the New England Ski Museum's annual reenactment train on the Conway Scenic Railroad Nov. 5 of the Schneider family's arrival from Nazi captivity on Feb. 11, 1939. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
Christoph Schneider (left) as his grandfather Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider signs autographs for local fourth graders on the New England Ski Museum's annual reenactment train on the Conway Scenic Railroad Nov. 5 of the Schneider family's arrival from Nazi captivity on Feb. 11, 1939. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
Cranmore developer and international financier Harvey D. Gibson, played in the re-enactment by George Cleveland, talks with Conway Intermediate School fourth graders on a Conway Scenic Railroad train as as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in on Nov. 4. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
Christoph Schneider, grandson of Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider, and his wife Hannah talks with Conway Intermediate School fourth graders acting as Hannes and Ludwina Schneider on a Conway Scenic Railroad train as as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in on Nov. 4. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
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Re-enactors (from left) Tom Eastman as Benno Rybizka, Christoph Schneider as his grandfather Hannes Schneider, Hannah Schneider as Hannes’ wife, Ludwina, and George Cleveland as Harvey Dow Gibson lead the way for Conway Intermediate School fourth graders walking under the arch of raised ski poles in Schouler Park as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Conway Intermediate School fourth graders help Cranmore ski patrollers (from left Abby Gorham, Grace Murdoch-Roy and Dana Cosby) lift a classmate in the North Conway Community Center as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of Cranmore Mountain's ski patrol (from left) Dana Cosby, Grace Murdoch-Roy, Joe Yahna (on floor), Abby Gorham and Tom Harmon show Conway Intermediate School fourth graders how they use a sled to transport injured skiers in the North Conway Community Center as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Cranmore ski patroller Abby Gorham helps a Conway Intermediate School fourth grader wrap up an "injured" classmate during the ski patrol's presentation at the North Conway Community Center as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in North Conway on Nov. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Christoph Schneider (right) as his grandfather Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider signs autographs for local fourth graders on the New England Ski Museum's annual reenactment train on the Conway Scenic Railroad Nov. 5 of the Schneider family's arrival from Nazi captivity on Feb. 11, 1939. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
Christoph Schneider (left) as his grandfather Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider signs autographs for local fourth graders on the New England Ski Museum's annual reenactment train on the Conway Scenic Railroad Nov. 5 of the Schneider family's arrival from Nazi captivity on Feb. 11, 1939. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
Cranmore developer and international financier Harvey D. Gibson, played in the re-enactment by George Cleveland, talks with Conway Intermediate School fourth graders on a Conway Scenic Railroad train as as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in on Nov. 4. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
Christoph Schneider, grandson of Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider, and his wife Hannah talks with Conway Intermediate School fourth graders acting as Hannes and Ludwina Schneider on a Conway Scenic Railroad train as as part of the "In Memory of Martha" re-enactment and learning projects in on Nov. 4. (TOM EASTMAN PHOTO)
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