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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the event of "'In the interest of maintaining military discipline..." take place?
(a) Kiev.
(b) Markov Stupeer.
(c) Byelaya Tserkov.
(d) Tserbelin.

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

4. What were the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" marked as?
(a) Do not copy.
(b) Secret.
(c) Hitler's Eyes Only.
(d) Top Secret.

5. Where did Hoss lead work details that exhumed corpses from mass graves?
(a) Treblinka.
(b) Kulmhof.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Berlin.

6. What period of time did "'In the interest of maintaining military discipline..." cover?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 5 days.

7. Who did Kurt Franz see German soldiers fraternize with?
(a) Local peasants.
(b) Nurses.
(c) Female prisoners.
(d) Female guards.

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

9. Why did Hoss lead work details that exhumed corpses from mass graves?
(a) To ground them.
(b) To throw them in the sea.
(c) To move them to a secure location.
(d) To incinerate them.

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

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

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

13. What was the gift included in "Gauleiter Greiser to Himmler, 19 March 1943" meant for?
(a) For Hitler.
(b) For Himmler's wife.
(c) For Goring.
(d) The Reich or for Himmler's personal use.

14. How long did the children have to wait before being executed?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 4 days.

15. What did Kretschmer assure his children he was not doing immoderately?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Shooting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Erich Fuchs's role in Sobibor?

2. Who are the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" addressed to?

3. 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?

4. What gas was used at the height of the industrialization of the extermination camp?

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

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