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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Germans first use to gas people at Belzec?
(a) Wood smoke.
(b) Zyklon B.
(c) Gasoline.
(d) Bottled gas or exhaust fumes.

2. The author of the documents in "Eliminate the Jews once and for all" held what rank?
(a) Generalkommissar for White Russia.
(b) Generalkommissar for Moscow.
(c) Generalkommissar for Kiev.
(d) Generalkommissar for Warsaw.

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

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

5. What did Taubner allow his men to do while committing atrocities?
(a) Take breaks.
(b) Take pictures.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Invite people.

6. What skills did Eichmann bring to the "final solution"?
(a) His engineering skills.
(b) His chemical expertise.
(c) His organization skills.
(d) His medicinal experience.

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

8. What was Erich Fuchs's role in Sobibor?
(a) Maintain an engine designed to asphyxiate women and children.
(b) Drive the bus from the train station to the gas chambers.
(c) Guard a shed where the deadly gas was stored..
(d) Clean the corps off the gas chambers.

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

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

11. How many people people were executed at a time in "An officer cadet on the killing of the adults"?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Kretschmer say the local citizenry were like parrots?

2. What did four of the pictures in "A Gendarmerie Oberwachtmeister's photographs" depict?

3. What did Taubner occasionally join?

4. What was Professor Wilhelm Pfannenstiel's job at Belzec?

5. What was Kurt Möbius sentenced for after the war?

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