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paperclip is fairly easy to make, inexpensive and, in most
cases, inconsequential.
Yet, even the lowly paperclip can stand up and be
counted.
NBC News reported last week that a rural Tennessee middle
school is trying to collect 6 million paperclips
to represent the 6 million Jews murdered by
the Nazis during World War II. As of April
10, the school vas half way to its goal.
The "Paperclip Project" at Whirwell (Tenn.)
Middle School carries more symbolism for the
community than first meets the eye. The rural
town has a population of 1,600 and 10
churches. The school population is 456 most-
ly poor white kids. There are six blacks, one
Hispanic, and no Asians, Catholics or Jews.
ALAN HITSKY Half the students qualify for the federal free
lunch program.
Associate Editor
Teaching the Holocaust and the effects of
hatred are something new to many in the
town.
German reporters heard about the project and spread the word
through a book. Now, the school receives two
boxes of mail — approximately 30,000
paperclips — daily and is searching in
Germany for a railroad boxcar
from the Holocaust to hold the
paperclips and serve as a
museum.
Teacher Sandra Whirwell
said paperclips were chosen
because many Norwegians wore them during World war II as a
sign of solidarity with Jews.
The swelling paperclip collection is impressive, but Whirwell
teachers and students say the letters that come with them contain
painful stories.
'At the age of 16, I was taken from my family in Paris and
shipped off to a concentration camp," reads one. "I have a cousin
in Texas who has a number on his arm from Auschwitz," reads
another.
The school has received 8,000 letters and is looking for money
— and paperclips — to continue the project. To help, write
Whirwell Middle School Paperclip Project, 1130 Main Street,
Whirwell, TN 37397-5055. ❑

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I can't tell exactly, but probably it is the feeling
of being at home and with your own people."
— Olga, 15, who was one of 500 participants
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Art Festival in Moscow.

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— Andrzej Folwarczny, a member of Poland's
Parliament on a visit of Jewish teenagers from
around the world during the March of the Living
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