![]() Korteweg and his daughter Karin, move the body in front of the Steenwijk house. ![]() As Peter watches outside the window, he sees the neighbors, Mr. Ploeg is a Nazi collaborator, a local police officer, who is known for his cruelty. Peter runs to a window and sees Fake Ploeg lying dead on the neighbor's lawn. Peter Steenwijk, the eldest child, has just finished his studies when he hears a series of gunshots outside. Steenwijk suffering a toothache with no remedy. There is no food, no medical care, and no dental care, leaving Mrs. The Steenwijk family is locked in a single room of their house because the war has left them with an inability to warm the entire house. The Assault is a novel about how one event can have a lingering effects and can change a life. However, as Anton grows and matures, he finds himself almost constantly running into people who provide small details of that fateful night, until finally Anton learns everything that happened and lead to his personal tragedy. Anton is adopted by an aunt and uncle in the aftermath and chooses to bury the events surrounding the deaths of his family rather than dwell on them. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this novel, Anton Steenwijk's family is murdered and their home destroyed after a Nazi collaborator is murdered on their street. The Assault is a novel by Dutch writer Harry Mulisch. ![]()
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