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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. How many aircraft did the Germans lose as a result of the German air raid on New Year's Day, 1945?

2. For what magazine did Margaret Bourke-White work when she went to cover the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps?

3. Who is Germany's famous poet who wrote, "May God not give me what I am unable to carry" (190)?

4. What was Hitler's final, all-out attack on U.S. troops in the Ardennes Forest called?

5. Where did Alfons Heck's parents and twin brother live in early 1943?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom did Helen and Siegfried hide out in Haarlem? What was this arrangement like?

2. When was Alfons appointed Gefolgschaftsfuhrer? What did this mean?

3. When did the Battle of the Bulge take place? Why was this battle important to the war?

4. What led to the evacuation of German children to remote areas of Germany in 1943?

5. What did Helen do when she was liberated from Kratzau?

6. How were the Jews treated upon arriving at Auschwitz?

7. Why was Alfons dispatched to Spang?

8. When was the crematoria at Auschwitz destroyed? Why?

9. What was the aftermath of the revolt in the Warsaw ghetto?

10. How did Helen manage to return to Amsterdam after the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where was Auschwitz located? What was the purpose of this camp complex? When was it erected and developed? How many Jews died at Auschwitz?

Essay Topic 2

Who were the Righteous Gentiles and how did they help the Jews during World War II? Who are examples of Righteous Gentiles in the text? What did they do to assist Helen and Siegfried?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the Angel of Death. Who was this individual? Why did he have this nickname? What were his roles in the Holocaust?

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