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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 'In the interest of maintaining military discipline...'—The massacre of children in Byelaya Tserkov, military chaplains and the Wehrmacht.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the statements forming "Quite happy to take part in shootings" not show?
(a) Willingness from the government to exterminate the Jews.
(b) People willing to not follow orders.
(c) Willingness of particular individuals to save Jews.
(d) Official persecution of those who refused to participate in the Holocaust.

2. What unit was Lieutenant-Colonel Groscurth assigned to?
(a) 295th Infantry Division.
(b) 95th Infantry Division.
(c) 29th Infantry Division.
(d) 25th Infantry Division.

3. When did the events in "Soldiers sitting on rooftops and platforms watching the show" take place?
(a) August 17, 1941.
(b) September 7, 1941.
(c) August 7, 1941.
(d) September 17, 1942.

4. Where did the battalion deploy described in the third document of "The brutalization of precious German Manpower"?
(a) Warsaw and Minsk.
(b) Kiev and Warsaw.
(c) Berlin and Minsk.
(d) Rostov and Kiev.

5. How did the German soldier bring the little girl in to her execution in "SS-Obersturmführer August Häfner on the killing of the children"?
(a) Giving her a piggy back ride.
(b) Carrying her.
(c) Pushing her.
(d) By holding her hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did some civilians do to victims ready to be executed?

2. What does "'Bloody Wednesday' in Olkusz/Ilkenau" describe?

3. How many photographs are presented in "'Bloody Wednesday' in Olkusz/Ilkenau"?

4. What is one of the most widely believed myths about the Holocaust according to "Quite happy to take part in shootings"?

5. What was the rationale behind the executions in "SS-Obersturmführer August Häfner, Sonderkommando 4a"?

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