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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Bialacerkiew located?
(a) 20 miles from Kiev.
(b) 50 miles from Kiev.
(c) 40 miles from Kiev.
(d) 30 miles from Kiev.

2. How many people did Mentz remember killing?
(a) 2 to 20 per year.
(b) 1 to 10 per train.
(c) 2 to 20 per month.
(d) 2 to 20 per train.

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

4. Where did Hoss lead work details that exhumed corpses from mass graves?
(a) Berlin.
(b) Kulmhof.
(c) Treblinka.
(d) Kiev.

5. Who are the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" addressed to?
(a) Generalkommissar in Kiev.
(b) Generalkommissar in Minsk.
(c) Generalkommissar in Berlin.
(d) Generalkommissar in Rostov.

6. What was Mentz sentenced to after the war?
(a) 25 years.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) Death.
(d) 15 years.

7. What was attached to the letter according to "Gauleiter Greiser to Himmler, 19 March 1943"?
(a) A gold locket.
(b) A stack of pictures.
(c) A tooth.
(d) A sum of cash.

8. What did Kurt say in "Kurt Möbius on the guilt of the Jews and his own lack of blame" about orders given by a government?
(a) They were obviously correct.
(b) They can only be for the general good.
(c) They must be moral.
(d) The cannot be disobeyed.

9. How many people were executed in the events of "An officer cadet on the killing of the adults"?
(a) 162.
(b) 123.
(c) 164.
(d) 147.

10. Who were the letters in "Letters of SS-Obersturmführer Karl Kretschmer (SK 4a)" addressed to?
(a) His mistress.
(b) Himmler.
(c) His family.
(d) His commanding officer.

11. How many children were left after the first round of executions?
(a) 12 children.
(b) 90 children.
(c) 45 children.
(d) 60 children.

12. What did Taubner occasionally join?
(a) The local coeur.
(b) Reconnaisance units.
(c) Officially sanctioned killing squads.
(d) The Army band.

13. What did Gauleiter ask Himmler in "Gauleiter Greiser to Himmler, 19 March 1943"?
(a) Authorization to kill more Jews.
(b) Authorization to take over the killing program in Warsaw.
(c) Authorization to take an extended leave with some of his men.
(d) Authorization to retire.

14. What did Walter Burmeister say was unpleasant in "Gas-van driver Walter Burmeister on whether he ever thought about what he was doing"?
(a) Cleaning the van after unloading the bodies.
(b) The screams of the dying people.
(c) Driving on bumpy roads.
(d) The smell of fumes.

15. How did Fritz describe the Jews?
(a) Ape people.
(b) Jude.
(c) Sons of Abraham.
(d) Monkey people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of village was not targeted by mass killings?

2. How many people people were executed at a time in "An officer cadet on the killing of the adults"?

3. How many Jews were killed per day at the start of the Belzec operation according to "SS-Untersturmführer Josef Oberhauser on the early days at Belzec"?

4. What were the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" marked as?

5. Who did Dr. Strauch send his report to?

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