One of the best documentaries in years regarding students and staff of Whitwell, Tennessee who embark upon a school project regarding the holocaust. The area is located in a homogeneous Protestant town where not one Jewish person resides.
Kudos to Principal Linda Hooper and her assistant principal and 8th grade language arts teacher for devising this project. Over 29 million paper clips were collected, the latter representing the holocaust victims. We learn that paper clips came originally from Norway and was meant to unite. How appropriate.
Holocaust survivors visit the town and relate their harrowing experiences to students, staff and town residents.
Principal Hooper is certainly a hands-on administrator. She was directly involved in the project and shows her emotional vulnerability as she learned about what took place in Europe over 60 years ago.
Through this project, the school was able to obtain a train car where victims were shipped to concentration camps. The ceremony was memorable when the car made its way to this rural Tennessee town.
This magnificent documentary shows that we have the ability to learn tolerance and eventual acceptance of all people.
It should definitely be shown in all public schools and the likes of Mel Gibson should be made to see it.
Congratulations for a memorable experience. Thank you.
Kudos to Principal Linda Hooper and her assistant principal and 8th grade language arts teacher for devising this project. Over 29 million paper clips were collected, the latter representing the holocaust victims. We learn that paper clips came originally from Norway and was meant to unite. How appropriate.
Holocaust survivors visit the town and relate their harrowing experiences to students, staff and town residents.
Principal Hooper is certainly a hands-on administrator. She was directly involved in the project and shows her emotional vulnerability as she learned about what took place in Europe over 60 years ago.
Through this project, the school was able to obtain a train car where victims were shipped to concentration camps. The ceremony was memorable when the car made its way to this rural Tennessee town.
This magnificent documentary shows that we have the ability to learn tolerance and eventual acceptance of all people.
It should definitely be shown in all public schools and the likes of Mel Gibson should be made to see it.
Congratulations for a memorable experience. Thank you.