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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the events of "'In the interest of maintaining military discipline..." take place?
(a) August 1942.
(b) August 1944.
(c) August 1941.
(d) August 1943.

2. What does "Theodor Malzmüller on the plague boils of humanity" describe?
(a) The extermination camp at Kulmhof.
(b) The extermination camp at Sobibor.
(c) The extermination camp at Treblinka.
(d) The extermination camp at Belzec.

3. How did Max Taubner describe himself according to "Verdict against SS- Untersturmführer Max Täubner, 24 May 1943"?
(a) A sharp shooter.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Fanatical enemy of the Jews.
(d) Good man.

4. What was Dr Kremer put to trial for?
(a) Genocide.
(b) Murder.
(c) Crimes against humanity.
(d) War crimes.

5. What type of worker did the author of the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" say were wanted?
(a) Mechanics.
(b) Nurses.
(c) Highly skilled Jews.
(d) Doctors.

6. What triggered an expansion of the killing capability of Belzec?
(a) New equipment.
(b) More trains coming to Belzec.
(c) New leadership.
(d) More personnel.

7. How many Jews did Taubner kill during his unsanctioned mass murder?
(a) About 400.
(b) About 500.
(c) About 300.
(d) About 200.

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

9. Why did Kube once thank a Jew for?
(a) Returning his lost wallet.
(b) Saving his car.
(c) Saving his dog.
(d) Saving his life.

10. What did Rudolf Hoss say would be impossible to know?
(a) How many women were raped.
(b) How many extermination camps existed.
(c) Who participate in mass murders.
(d) How many people burned.

11. Where did Taubner commit his crime of unsanctioned mass murder?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Scholochowo.

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

13. When were the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" sent?
(a) October 30, 1942.
(b) October 30, 1941.
(c) October 3,1941.
(d) September 30, 1941.

14. What was Kretschmer enthusiastic about in his letters?
(a) The weather.
(b) His killing people.
(c) Being away from his wife.
(d) His income.

15. When were the documents in "The action rid me of unnecessary mouths to feed" created?
(a) January 25,1943.
(b) January 25, 1942.
(c) January 5,1942.
(d) January 25,1945.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Kurt Franz's dog's name?

3. Why did Hoss lead work details that exhumed corpses from mass graves?

4. When was the case against Taubner's men dismissed?

5. Who were the letters addressed to in "Letters by Gendarmerie chief Fritz Jacob"?

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