Children's Holocaust Memorial

In my previous post I wrote about children and their ability to love.  in my research i stumbled across a website, http://www.mensetmanus.net/paperclip-children-holocaust-memorial/, it amazes me how change can be so easy.  The children who put together this memorial will grow up learning and knowing of the consequences of intolerance.  

The memorial itself consists of an authentic German railroad car that was used to transport Holocaust victims to concentration, labor and various death camps. The children of Whitwell Middle School collected eleven million paperclips to be housed in the railroad car. One for each of the victims of the holocaust. 

The car itself sits on railroad track from 1943. the community help build the steps and create the surrounding park.

IN THIS CAR

Diesel fumes and crackling wood
Cold steel tracks and nothing good
Mid the tears and burning eyes
Slam the door - hear their cries

Scorching iron of the wheels
They could not speak -
There were no deals
In the shadows they all stood -
Cold steel tracks and nothing good

On to Auschwitz, Treblinka, and hell
So very few were left to tell
Of that time we honor today
But we thank God -
There's more to say

For as we stand - united here
We honor them with every tear
For in this car is light and love
And God's own mercy from up above

We place this monument
On hallowed ground
For all to come and stand around
And touch the place where they once stood
Open the door - there's something good!

Judge Bob Moon 

Never Doubt that a group of thoughtful, committed students can:

"CHANGE THE WORLD - ONE CLASS AT A TIME".