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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. According to whom did Hitler give a promise and shake hands with a Cardinal of the Church that no bishop would be arrested for protesting their activities?

2. What is the name of the son who took in his parents after his father was released from prison for his work in the death camps?

3. According to Stangl who invented the "system" of nakedness, whippings and 'cattle pens' to exterminate the Jews efficiently?

4. What is the name of the possible Nazi escape network mentioned by a son seeking help for his father during his father's trial?

5. By what name did Stangl's wife often refer to him during conversations with the author?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Lazarett at Treblinka?

2. Why did Stangl's wife make a weekly six hour round trip by train between Wels and Glasenbach?

3. Who was Franciszek Zabecki?

4. How did Otto Horn describe Gustav Munzberger's job at Treblinka?

5. Who was Dr Dollmann?

6. Why was Stangl's wife shocked by Father Mario's response to her talk about her husband under confessional?

7. How did Zabecki's wife deal with the cruelty of the human transports and escalating murders?

8. From the Treblinka Camp diagram and Legend what were the main camp divisions?

9. How did Rome figure in Stangl's escape to another country?

10. How did Stangl respond upon the author's return in June and who did the author bring with her this time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What changes in the political climate affected Franz Stangl after he became a policeman? How did Stangl respond to those changes and how did his responses affect his career as a policeman?

Essay Topic 2

Sereny observed that Stangl found working at the death camps emotionally and psychologically straining and unpleasant. Using details from the biography, provide several pages supporting this observation.

Essay Topic 3

What was Stangl's post-war life like with his family? in Damascus? Syria? Brazil?

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