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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. How many Jews did Taubner kill during his unsanctioned mass murder?

2. What did "Gauleiter Greiser to Himmler, 19 March 1943" praise?

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

4. When were the documents in "The action rid me of unnecessary mouths to feed" created?

5. What did the author of the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" complain about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. During what period did the documents of "Their soldierly conduct is exemplary" come from?

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

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

5. What was the Byelaya Tserkov, and what began in August of 1941, according to "In the interest of maintaining military discipline"?

6. What happened in Taubner's military service?

7. What did Kremer begin to pursue a few weeks after arriving at Auschwitz?

8. What did Adolf Eichmann express horror about?

9. Why was Kube attacked in several letters?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine how murder was institutionalized under the Nazi government.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the historical significance and importance of understanding the Holocaust prior to reading The Good Old Days.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the note of bizarre concern and the way in which executions were haphazardly carried out.

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