Children's Holocaust Memorial and Paper Clip Project

Children's Holocaust Memorial and Paper Clip Project
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O V E R V I E W
Facility:Children's Holocaust Memorial and Paper Clip Project
Description:In 1998 8th grade students at Whitwell Middle School began an after-school study of the Holocaust and decided to collect paper clips to understand the enormity of the 6 million people exterminated. About 30 million paperclips have been sent to Whitwell Middle School as well as 30 thousand+ letters, documents, and artifacts. The Memorial contains 11 million paper clips housed in an authentic German transport car honoring the lives of all people murdered by the Nazis. And eleven million other paper clips are contained in a monument honoring the children of Terezin. Eighteen (for chai-Hebrew for life) butterflies (the Christian symbol of renewal) enhance the grounds around the rail car. The students, staff, and community of Whitwell Middle School have transformed the car from a death car into a symbol of renewed life honoring the lives of those murdered by the Nazis.
A D D R E S S
Address 1:Whitwell Middle School
Address 2:1 Butterfly Lane
City:Whitwell
State/Province:TN
Zip Code:37397
V I S I T I N G   I N F O
Hours:Guided tours on Fridays during Schoolday at 10:40. You may tour the facility with a recorded tape at anytime during the week.
Admission:Donations
Telephone:(423) 658-5635
Website:http://whitwellschoolmiddle.org/homepage_pc.cfm?id=78

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