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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visited the building where the children were located?

2. 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"?

3. When were the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" sent?

4. Why did Kube once thank a Jew for?

5. How many people were on the train described in "The train journey to Belzec--Schutzpolizei Zugwachtmeister Jäcklein's report" when it left for Belzec?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to future shipments of Jews?

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

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

4. What did Grabnar order Hans Stark to do, according to "Food in the officer's mess excellent - Auschwitz"?

5. Who was Pfannestiel, and what contradiction did he present regarding Nazi Germany?

6. What did the communication complain about the executions in "His attitude towards the Jews is quite impossible"?

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

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

9. What did Adolf Eichmann express horror about?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a rebuttal to Mobius's argument that he was not to blame because the state was obviously correct.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Taubner and argue whether or not double jeopardy should apply in the case of those who participated in the Holocaust.

Essay Topic 3

Argue for or against the concept of accidental witnessing when the killing takes several hours.

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