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Paper Clips Project
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<p>The <i>Paper Clips Project</i>, by <a href="/facts/Middle_school/l1I61k1U">middle school</a> students from the small southeastern <a href="/facts/Tennessee/A3mLY9bu">Tennessee</a> town of <a href="/facts/Whitwell%2c_Tennessee/UtyvCj8U">Whitwell</a>, created a monument for the <a href="/facts/Holocaust/vGQsAb2y">Holocaust</a> victims of <a href="/facts/Nazi_Germany/8kRbqRpo">Nazi Germany</a>. It started in 1998 as a simple 8th-grade project to study other cultures, and then evolved into one gaining worldwide attention. At last count, over 30 million <a href="/facts/Paper_clip/SubHbypm">paper clips</a> had been received. </p><p>An award-winning <a href="/facts/Documentary_film/T0FBJpMR">documentary film</a> about the project, <i><a href="/facts/Paper_Clips_(film)/ttLk441N">Paper Clips</a></i>, was released in 2004 by <a href="/facts/Miramax_Films/2FNw93qo">Miramax Films</a>. </p>