A Winona family is remembering one of the world's worst tragedies by collecting hundreds of stars from all over the world.

Jillian Curtis is trying to show her two sons Joshua and Jarret how hate and ignorance caused the Holocaust.

"We're teaching about the Holocaust right now. We did this Star project. We're teaching tolerance, acceptance and love," she says.

Curtis and her sons are hoping to collect six million stars.

"We watched the movie called "Paperclips." It's about a school that collected six million paperclips and I thought, 'How do I bring that project into our house?' So then we decided to take Jewish Stars."

The stars are all handmade by people who never want to forget the memory of friends, relatives and lives lost to one of the darkest chapters in history.

"It all started with me picking the greatest tragedies in life, which is the Holocaust, and not to bring hate into the world."

Curtis has been homeschooling Joshua and Jarret for the last month and a half and both boys say this is the best project they've ever worked on.

"I'm enjoying it because then I see everyone who had a hard time in the Holocaust," Joshua says.

"It's really interesting with all the people who died and all the stars," says Jarret.

Curtis says one of the most touching is a hand painted star with the picture of a little girl wearing a red coat.

"This one's my favorite because an artist in Chicago did it. The one with the little red coat and she was looking for her house."

Curtis says she and her two sons will never forget the Holocaust and they'll keep collecting stars to honor the people who lost their lives.

"It's going to have no deadline on it so people can send them for however long they want."