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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ran and told Stangl to come look at the "funny" building found in the woods at Sobibor?

2. On the fourth day of interviews Stangl began talking about his travels with how many people from the "Foundation"?

3. How long did Hartl convalesce after a nervous breakdown before being discharged from the SS?

4. In the Fall of 1935 Stangl was getting married and was also transferred to a police assignment in what town?

5. At the Euthanasia locations, Suchomel was responsible for archiving records in what format?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Brack in relation to T4 and Stangl?

2. Who was Franz Reichleitner whom Stangl saw upon arrival at Schloss Hartheim?

3. What did the author mention about Hitler's new Europe from "Mein Kampf?"

4. Why did Stangl feel betrayed by testimony at his trial from Stanislaw Szmajzner?

5. As one of five men with medals, why was Stangl anxious within three days of the Nazis invading Austria?

6. What did the author learn about the former SS HQ when she visited the site in Lublin in March 1972?

7. Describe Stangl's interview with SS officer Globocnik before Stangl was sent to Sobibor?

8. With whom did the author discuss the evolution of the Euthanasia Programme?

9. How did Stanislaw Szmajzner become a goldsmith?

10. How did Professor Mayer end up writing the opinion about Catholic Church opposition to euthanasia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did the first few interviews of Stangl by Sereny reveal about Stangl's state of mind during the initial phase of the interview process? What details about Stangl's incarceration before the interviews began also provide a picture about Stangl's state of mind and what does this picture look like? Why did Sereny seem hopeful that interviews with Stangl would bear fruit once she discovered how bright and masterful Stangl appeared to be?

Essay Topic 2

Sereny observed that Stangl experienced moral degradation and a personality change while working the death camps. On what details did the author base those observations? Are they sufficient to support the observation?

Essay Topic 3

Why were Western and Eastern Jews treated so differently at the camps? What were the differences in the two groups? How did these differences affect each groups' perceptions of the camps?

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