Six Million paper Clips. Soft Cover. By Peter W. Schroeder and Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand. A fascinating tale of middle-school students in tiny Whitwell, TN, who, while studying the Holocaust, began the now-famous Paper Clip Project in an attempt to understand the magnitude of the number six million. Written by the German journalists who played a major role in helping the class acquire a German WWII railroad car in which to store the paper clips as a permanent memorial. An Association of Jewish Libraries Notable Children's Book. Society of School Libraries International (SSLI) Best Social Studies Book of the Year.  State of Tenessee Best Book of the Year.