6/28/2023 0 Comments The Assignment by Liza M. Wiemer![]() ![]() ‘Unfortunately, this assignment will show you that society hasn’t learned much at all.’ This sentiment becomes upsettingly clear when the reader hears from Holocaust survivors, who describe how antisemitism still plagues them almost 80 years later. ‘History is one of our best teachers’, writes Wiemer. What follows is a powerful polemic against bigotry, discrimination, and antisemitism – a valuable reminder to stand up for one’s morals and beliefs, no matter how unpopular they seem. When students Logan March and Cade Crawford protest holding the debate, they clash with their classmates, the school administration, and the wider community. ![]() The novel is a fictionalised account of a real assignment that is given to students, which instructs them to debate the Final Solution, the Nazi’s plan for the genocide of the Jewish people. Wiemer’s novel, The Assignment, is a frighteningly realistic portrayal of modern antisemitism in a small-town community that blurs the lines between past and present, fiction and reality. ![]()
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