by Liza Wiemer
RESOURCES
ORGANIZATIONS
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) aclu.org, 212-549-2500, @aclu
American Defamation League (ADL): adl.org, 212-885-7700 (national office), @ADL
Human Rights Campaign (HRC): hrc.org, 800-777-4723, @HRC
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: civilrights.org, 202-466-3311, @civilrightsorg
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC): splcenter.org, (888) 414-7752, @splcenter
WEBSITES
en.gross-rosen.eu: Museum Gross-Rosen in Rogoźnica
ghwk.de/en: House of the Wannsee Conference
historicfortontario.com: Historic Fort Ontario
safehavenmuseum.com: Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum
ushmm.org: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
yadvashem.org: Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
yahadinunum.org: Yahad-In Unum
FILMS
Conspiracy (2001)
Die Wannseekonferenz (German-language film, 1984)
Elie Wiesel Goes Home (1996)
Safe Haven: A Story of Hope (2000)
The Wave (1981)
BOOKS
Alexievich, Svetlana. Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II
Desbois, Patrick. The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest’s Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews
Gruber, Ruth. Haven: The Dramatic Story of 1,000 World War II Refugees and How They Came to America
Lipstadt, Deborah E. Antisemitism: Here and Now
Lowenstein, Sharon R. Token Refuge: Story of the Jewish Refugee Shelter at Oswego, 1944–1946
Marks, Edward B. Token Shipment: The Story of America’s War Refugee Shelter, Fort Ontario, Oswego, N.Y. (Revised and illustrated edition by Rebecca J. Fisher and Paul A. Lear)
Prager, Dennis, and Joseph Telushkin. Why the Jews?: The Reason for Antisemitism
Roseman, Mark. The Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution
Safe Haven Museum and Education Center Staff. Don’t Fence Me In: Memories of the Fort Ontario Refugees and Their Friends
Stamper, Vesper. What the Night Sings
Strasser, Todd. The Wave
Wiesel, Elie. Night
PLACES TO VISIT
In the United States
Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum, Oswego, New York
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.
Fort Ontario, Oswego, New York
Abroad
House of the Wannsee Conference Memorial and Education Site, Berlin, Germany
Museum Gross-Rosen, Rogoźnica, Poland
Yad Vashem (The World Holocaust Remembrance Center), Jerusalem, Israel
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
LIZA WIEMER is a writer and an award-winning educator with over twenty-five years of experience. She is the author of two adult nonfiction books, as well as a young adult novel. When Liza isn’t writing, you’ll find her in the kitchen, cooking meals to share with her Milwaukee community, family, and guests.
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Now that you’ve read The Assignment, here are some questions to think about:
◆ Consider your initial reaction to the assignment. When you finished reading the book, did you have a different point of view?
◆ Cade and Logan felt compelled to do something about the assignment. Think about what you might do if given such an assignment.
◆ Social media plays an important part in what happens in the book, as well as in real life. Do you see social media as more helpful than harmful? Why or why not?
◆ In your own life, is there a moment when you stood up for yourself or someone else? Reflect on that time, and if you’d like, share and discuss it with a friend.
◆ Hate speech and actions occur in all communities. Can you think of ways to combat this antisocial behavior?
◆ One of this novel’s themes is that no one should defend the indefensible. Reflect on this idea and how you can embrace this principle in your own life.
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