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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the rank of the man who wrote "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews"?
(a) Obergruppenführer
(b) Staffelführer
(c) Blutordensträger.
(d) Unterscharführer

2. What was " 'Total 137,346'--the so-called 'Jäger Report' " marked?
(a) Secret.
(b) Top Secret.
(c) Hitler's Eyes Only.
(d) Secret Reich Business.

3. What are the three documents about presented in "Pushed to their psychological limits"?
(a) Mental health of Jewish prisoners.
(b) Mental health of the prison guard.
(c) Mental health of front line soldiers.
(d) Mental health impact of mass killing on the perpetrators.

4. What camp were the Jews of Olkusz/Ilkenau sent to?
(a) Sobibor.
(b) Belzec.
(c) Treblinka.
(d) Auschwitz.

5. What did the statements forming "Quite happy to take part in shootings" reveal?
(a) No punishment was incurred by those refusing to participate in mass killings.
(b) Only civilians were punished for refusing to participate in mass killings.
(c) Punishment for refusing to participate in mass murder was harsh.
(d) Only soldiers were punished for refusing to participate in mass killings.

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

7. What was the third method used by Nazis to kill Jews?
(a) Death camps.
(b) Gas planes.
(c) Gas vans.
(d) Shooting.

8. What did some believe the executioners were forced to chose between?
(a) Being an executioner or being fired from the army.
(b) Being an executioner or going to prison.
(c) Being an executioner or being sent to the front.
(d) Being a victim or an executioner.

9. How many photographs are presented in "'Bloody Wednesday' in Olkusz/Ilkenau"?
(a) 7 photographs.
(b) 6 photographs.
(c) 1 photograph.
(d) 5 photographs.

10. When did the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" write his diary?
(a) In 1933.
(b) After the war.
(c) During the war.
(d) During the 20's.

11. What was the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" convicted of after the war?
(a) Crimes against humanity.
(b) Murder.
(c) War crimes.
(d) Accessory to murder.

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

13. What is the third document in "The brutalization of precious German Manpower" an excerpt of?
(a) A field report.
(b) A biography.
(c) A diary.
(d) A book.

14. Who wrote the "Foreword" of The Good Old Days?
(a) Karl Hamster.
(b) Hermer Smith.
(c) Lord Dacre of Glanton.
(d) Ruth Eglemann.

15. When did the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" divorce his wife?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the Jews murdered by the unit held in the third document?

2. How are some of the statements in "Quite happy to take part in shootings" written?

3. What did the German troops lose according to Johannes Blaskowitz"?

4. What inconvenience did people not wanting to participate in mass killing endure?

5. What was the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" sentenced to for his crimes?

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