Six Million Paper Clips: The Making Of A Children's Holocaust Memorial | 
| Authors: Peter W. Schroeder, Dagmar Schroeder-hildebrand
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 54669
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 8.2 x 0.2
ISBN: 158013176X
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5318071276879
EAN: 9781580131766
ASIN: 158013176X
Publication Date: November 1, 2004
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Inspiring! November 26, 2008
This book shows what a group of people can do when they work together! This inspiring story comes to us from rural Tennessee and I'm so thankful for teachers who go above and beyond the call of their profession to lead our children into understanding and campassion. When possible I want to visit the memorial that they have built! Thank you to all who were a part of this project! I highly recommend this book!
never to forget "six million paper clips" October 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
br /br /Very proud of these school children and what they accomplished. A must view book.
A Very Moving Holocaust Story June 23, 2008
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This book is a companion to the HBO film of the same name. I use the film, and now the book, during my unit on the Holocaust in my High School World War II class. The students are always moved by the experiences of the Tennessee students and teachers as they develop their Holocaust project. It allows the students to relate to the events of the Holocaust in a more realistic way unlike any other assignment I give. I highly recommend both the film and the book!
Great for Classroom Library November 8, 2007
I bought this book for my classroom library because we watched the DVD for our unit study on the Holocaust. My students have enjoyed reading the materials because of their prior knowledge from the DVD. The book is a paperback, but the quality of the pages and the pictures is superb!
Riveting Sobering July 9, 2007
One night on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean, the director of a new documentary about a small town in Tennessee remembering the Holocause would both show the film and answer questions. As a native Tennessean I both anticipated and dreaded this, assured that again we would be protrayed as NPR so often does - racist, poor, ignorant, fundamentalist or a combination of the above. br /br /Surprise, Surprise. I was blown away, absolutely stunned at the story and the depiction of a rural Southern town as it slowly encounters the outside world. What wonderful teachers are still around! The suggestion that these all-white, all-Protestant, rural students should undertake an endeavor to break out of their shell seemed to come out of the blue and appeared the most incongruous project possible. Yet, it succeeded and admirably so, The documentary traces the parth, from baby to giant steps as the idea evolves into something none of the participants foresaw. It is and always will be a reminder of Dark Days. I only wish the Soviet and Chinese social experiments that murdered over tens of millions were remembered and memorialized in this way!br /br /br /As the children and the town learn about Jewish life in Europe and the story of the Holocaust, we learn about them, their lives and their lifestyle that seems strangely satisfying in its simplicity and slowlness. Others become involved - survivors, politicians, two Germans who manage to obtain an actual railroad car used for transporting Jews to concentration camps. Businesses pitch in, individuals donate and a living memorial is designed and stands today almost as a shrine. The paperclips (representing a victim) came from all over the world, from rich and famous, young and old, rich and poor. br /br /Alas, some never learn. At the end, the director was bombarded with questions and suggestions that townsfolk were "really" against the project or secretly racist or did not understand. He said he wanted to make something very clear: He had been in the town over two years and never heard a racist remark nor a single ill word against the project. The people were as nice and down to Earth as they appeared on screen. I felt deep vindication and overwhelming relief. The director, being from the North, was shocked at the casual hospitality of total strangers offering advice and friendship. In this age of increasing anti-Semitism in Europe once again, it is important to ponder the consequences that such speech for whatever reason may bring.
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