Whitwell, Tennessee, USA. 30th June, 2017. The Children's Holocaust Memorial at the Whitwell Middle School. In 1998, when students of Whitwell Middle School were having difficulty grasping the enormity of the number of Jews exterminated in the Holocaust, but having learned that Norwegians often wore paper clips as a silent expression of protest against Nazi occupation and solidarity with the Jews, one of the students suggested that the school should try to collect six million paper clips, one for each victim. After several years of collecting paper clips from all 50 states and all seven co

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June 30, 2017 - Whitwell, Tennessee, U.S. - The Children's Holocaust Memorial at the Whitwell Middle School. In 1998, when students of Whitwell Middle School were having difficulty grasping the enormity of the number of Jews exterminated in the Holocaust, but having learned that Norwegians often wore paper clips as a silent expression of protest against Nazi occupation and solidarity with the Jews, one of the students suggested that the school should try to collect six million paper clips, one for each victim. After several years of collecting paper clips from all 50 states and all seven continents, their goal was met and exceeded. An actual German rail car used to transport people to the concentration camps was secured, and there are now 11 million paper clips inside the rail car, and another 11 million honoring the children who died in the Holocaust housed inside the monument that stands beside it. The butterflies on the grounds are a Christian symbol of renewal and of the Children of Terezin.(Credit Image: © Brian Cahn via ZUMA Wire)