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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why was Taubner charged?
(a) For killing Jews.
(b) For refusing to kill Jews.
(c) For saving a Jew.
(d) For killing Jews without authorization.

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

5. 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) The cannot be disobeyed.
(b) They must be moral.
(c) They can only be for the general good.
(d) They were obviously correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the events of "'In the interest of maintaining military discipline..." take place?

2. What was Kretschmer enthusiastic about in his letters?

3. What was the position of the man who said "I only took part in the murder of some three million people out of consideration for my family"?

4. What was attached to the letter according to "Gauleiter Greiser to Himmler, 19 March 1943"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What defense did Mobius try to use during his trial after the War?

2. What happened to non-Jewish citizens?

3. What was the substantial sum of cash sent by Gauleiter Greiser meant for?

4. Who was Fritz Jacob, and how did he describe the Jews?

5. What does the author recall about escorting one of the children of Byelaya Tserkov to his death?

6. What did a German soldier that witnessed 162 executions claim, and why does this seem contradictory?

7. Why did Taubner's time in a German prison benefit him?

8. What happened to future shipments of Jews?

9. How is Taubner presented in "None of the Jews that were killed is any great loss"?

10. What happened in Taubner's military service?

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