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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. When was Hitler made chancellor of Germany?

2. What illness did the Blumenthal children have in November, 1938?

3. What did Marion feel was the worst thing at the second concentration camp?

4. How old was Marion's mother when she took a train ride across Northern Germany to find her future?

5. When did Marion's parents get married?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Hitler begin his racist activities in Germany?

2. What was life like for the German-Jewish refugees of the early 1930s?

3. How did Marion's parents meet?

4. What view of Hitler's made him gain popularity?

5. Why were prisoners required to wear the star of David?

6. What did Hitler do in 1923 that caused an uproar?

7. How did Marion's family keep their business open after Hitler ordered the boycott of Jewish businesses?

8. What were living conditions like at Westerbork?

9. What happened in Hanover, Germany on November 9th and 10th, 1938?

10. What was day to day life at Bergen-Belsen like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Typhus greatly affected the lives of the Jewish prisoners in Germany. Discuss the impact that typhus had on their lives and the concentration camps.

Essay Topic 2

Marion's hometown was Hoya, Germany. Discuss Marion's life in Hoya.

Essay Topic 3

Adolph Hitler viewed the Jewish people as the cause for Germany's economic problems. Discuss Hitler's views.

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