The Children 's Holocaust Memorial consists of an authentic German transport car ( which arrived in the Baltimore seaport on September 9 , 2001 ) surrounded by a small garden . The railcar is filled with 11 million paper clips ( 6 million for murdered Jews and 5 million for Roma , Catholics , homosexuals , Jehovah 's Witnesses , and other groups ) . The monument was uncovered on the anniversary of the Kristallnacht , November 9 , 2001
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Paper Clips Project