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Six Million Paper Clips: The Making of a Children's Holocaust Memorial
While studying about the Holocaust, students in a small Tennessee town cannot imagine the number six million--the number of Jews killed. So they begin to collect paper clips, one for each victim, to create their own memorial. This event is the subject of the film documentary, "Paper Clips."
Paperback, 64 pages
Published
May 1st 2005
by Kar-Ben Publishing
(first published November 1st 2004)
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I was so moved by this story. It is a detailed account of how the students at Whitwell Middle School in Witwell, Tennessee decided to create a Holocaust Memorial. I found the sequence of events fascinating, as I have heard of the Paperclip Project, but did not know many of the details. Whitwell Middle began learning about the Holocaust after a faculty member decided that it was time that the students learned about differences and tolerance. This is topic that I believe many communities need to u...more
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I read this book on a recommendation from Susan. She said that she was going to visit this memorial on her way to visiting family through TN. I haven't heard about this Holocaust memorial, and this one is located fairly nearby in Whitwell, Tennessee. This is a children's book so it doesn't go into extreme details about what happened to the Jewish community during WWII. But, the story was still touching enough to bring tears to my eyes. I know that I can't even come close to imagining the horrors...more
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Six Million Paper Clips is an excellent look into how students in Whitwell, Tennessee learn tolerance. Through their endeavors, students develop a project that gained world-wide interest. This non-fiction piece is a wonderful supplement to any classroom studying the Holocaust. It can be used in conjunction with other non-fiction titles such as Surviving Hitler or Hana’s Suitcase. The authors Peter and Dagmar Schroeder produced a wonderful recapitulatio...more
Six Million Paper Clips is an excellent look into how students in Whitwell, Tennessee learn tolerance. Through their endeavors, students develop a project that gained world-wide interest. This non-fiction piece is a wonderful supplement to any classroom studying the Holocaust. It can be used in conjunction with other non-fiction titles such as Surviving Hitler or Hana’s Suitcase. The authors Peter and Dagmar Schroeder produced a wonderful recapitulatio...more
Jan 03, 2011
Alana B.
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For my non-fiction book, I read Six Million Paper Clips by Peter and Dagmar Schroeder. It is about a group of kids from Whitwell Middle School in Tennessee who are in an after-school class and started a world wide project to collect paper clips. They wanted to see what the number six million looked like because that was how many Jews died in the holocaust and they chose to collect paper clips because a paper clip was a symbol used by the Norwegians to show solidarity with their Jewish neighbors...more
Six Million Paper Clips: The Making of A Children’s Holocaust Museum is the touching story of goal setting, human emotion, and determination. Peter and Dagmar Schroeder wrote this book after the children of Whitwell Middle School completed a project in which they collected over six million paper clips from around the world in order to represent all of the lost souls that perished in the horrific nightmare of the Holocaust. The project began when the teachers in this poor farm town began to teach...more
When I hear that 6 million Jews were killed during the Holocaust, I am horrified. But such a large number is hard to wrap my brain around. 6 million - so many people. When a small town in Tennessee sets out to teach their children tolerance, the students want to know what that horrible fact of the Holocaust really means.
They collect paper clips, one for each life lost. A paper clip is so small, seems so insignificant. But think: 6 million paper clips together weigh about 6 metric tons. The boxe...more
They collect paper clips, one for each life lost. A paper clip is so small, seems so insignificant. But think: 6 million paper clips together weigh about 6 metric tons. The boxe...more
Whitwell, Tennessee is a town of 1,600 located near Chattanooga. Most of the town's citizens are white, Anglo-Saxon and Protestant. Minorities can be counted on one hand. There are no foreigners there—and no Catholics, no Muslims, no Jews. There's a middle school, businesses, churches...and there is a German railroad car containing 11 million paper clips dedicated to the memory of Jews who died in the Holocaust, 1.5 million of whom were children under the age of 16.
How this memorial came to be i...more
How this memorial came to be i...more
We saw the documentary, Paper Clips, several years ago and fell in love with the story. We cried with each discovery. This book is a wonderful companion to the video which tells the story of all the miraculous things that happened to help the desires of this small town to come true. If you haven't seen the video, you should. Reading this book by any age group will make anyone realize we all can make a difference for good.
Six Million Paper Clips: The Making of a Children's Holocaust Memorial is a motivating story about the students, teachers, and community of Whitwell Middle School in Tennessee. Together, they learn about the atrocity of the Holocaust and build a memorial, collecting six million paper clips from near and far, representing each Holocaust victim. What started as an after school tolerance class project became a lifelong lesson how diversity and acceptance can be learned. It was most compelling to re...more
Powerful true story of a teacher/school that wanted to teach their students about the impact of the Holocaust. Lots of teacher resources/teaching ideas to go with this are on the web. Can be used to teach about the impact of hate when we let it live in our hearts.
Dec 21, 2009
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Excellent book for older children about not just the Holocaust, but also how a small group of students, anywhere in the world, can make a huge, far-reaching impact in the lives and hearts of others. If we're ever near the memorial in TN, I hope to stop.
It's amazing how such a simple things as collecting paper clips can make such an impact on millions of human beings. An outstanding object lesson that educated students on the horrors of World War II. I want to visit the train car memorial some day.
An incredible story of a small town 1600 people, who decide they want their children given diversity info... and this develops into a Children's Holocaust Memorial.
Easy & fast read.
Easy & fast read.
EDUCATORS: Watch the documentary. Read the book. Visit the website. This inspirational journey will ultimately change the way you view your students.
this book and the paperclip project documentary gives me goose bumps and reminds me of why i am a teacher. awesome to share with students
This is the true story of the making of a children's Holocaust memorial in Whitwell, TN. Amazing what these people were able to do.
This was a powerful and touching story that should be a required read for all children in all types of schools.
This was also turned into a documentary. I highly recommend either.
A must to all lists of Holocaut literature for children.
I loved this book. Having also seen the movie "Paper Clips" and been to Whitwell (I'm from Chattanooga, TN) I thought they did an excellent job. I highly recommend it.
Sep 18, 2012
Teresa
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An amazing story, so powerful.
PRetty good story...very touching!
Just bought this for my work library. It's a kids' book - read it in a few minutes, and cried lots of times. A great and inspiring read that reminds me that there IS goodness in this world, and that we have a lot to learn from children, I'm looking forward to watching the docementary soon.
Very moving recounting of a middle school in Whitwell, Tennessee, who because they couldn't fathom the number 6 million (number of Jews killed during the Holocaust), collected 6 million paperclips and ultimately created a Children's Holocaust Memorial.
Sep 01, 2007
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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5 of 5 stars
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Children in Whitwell, Tennessee, use an authentic railroad car used to transport Jews to the concentration camps to create a memorial to the Holocaust, with one paper clip for every person who was killed by the Nazis. Pair this with the documentary!
This is such a touching book! I recommend this as a must read for adults and children alike!
I was impressed with what the students in Whitwell, Tennessee were able to accomplish!
there are no words to describe this level of awesomeness
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