45 Morton East students recently advanced to the Chicagoland Regional History Fair Competition at University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC).
At Morton East High School, the History Fair is an annual event for junior students. I had the chance to interview one of the participants along with their group from the History Fair. Their topic of choice was Frank Collin, known as “The Jewish Nazi,” an American political activist associated with the American Nazi Party.
Here is what one of the students from the History Fair group had to say:
“Well, at first, we picked Adolf Hitler, but we realized he was way too well-known. So, we asked Mr. Frankfother if he could help us out, and he did. He gave us the name Frank Collin, a Neo-Nazi. We liked it, and we started working on it from there,” said junior student Azucena Garfias from Mr. Frankfother’s class.
