Paper Clip Project

In our Social Studies class we watched a video about a group of teachers and students that worked to collect paper clips from all around the world in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust.  The Paper Clip Project was quite inspirational.  It was amazing that teachers and students were able to continue it for over a year, in fact for four years!  The part of the movie that hit me the hardest was Sam’s speech.  When he talked about his mother and brother going one way and him and his other brother going another at a concentration camp, it was hard to hear.  To find out what had happened to them must have been devastating.  I cannot imagine losing any of my family members in such a horrific way.  I’m so glad all of those soles were put to rest as you could feel only a small piece of the sadness that was inflicted on so many during the Holocaust.  I hope history never again repeats itself in that way.  The idea of racial supremacy is sickening.  I truly hope that human begin to understand that we are all connected and that we cannot change unless we help each other.