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Sunday, September 11 • 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Debating The Final Solution?

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Author Liza Wiemer found herself in the small US town of Oswego, New York, where a teacher had given school students an antisemitic assignment. The assignment required the students to pretend they were Nazis and advocate for the Final Solution of the Jewish Question. This incident hit the news and went viral. What transpired afterward led Liza on an incredible journey, helping to make a profound difference to help stop antisemitism in schools across the US and beyond. Liza will share behind-the-scenes information, research, and why this book is helping to change Holocaust education, connecting the past to what is transpiring in society today.
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Liza Wiemer

Liza is an award-winning educator with over 25 years of teaching experience. Her crossover novel, The Assignment, was published by Delacorte Press and has received numerous honours, including being named a 2021 Sydney Taylor Notable Book. To date, The Assignment has also been published... Read More →

Sunday September 11, 2022 4:30pm - 5:30pm AEST
Room 5
  Society and Politics, Presentation

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