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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Into That Darkness: Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In August 1944, when the bombings in Wels became very bad, where did Stangl's wife and kids move to?
(a) Lembach.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Linz.
(d) Altmunster.

2. According to the author, who tells her the most information about Stangl and his family's life the two years following the end of the war?
(a) Tchechia Mendel.
(b) Frau Stangl.
(c) Renate Stangl.
(d) Helene Eidenbock.

3. In what month of 1942 did the exiled Polish government release a report detailing the mass murder of Jews since the German invasion?
(a) July.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) August.

4. Whose wife suffered a mental breakdown at constantly witnessing the genocide of the Jews in her area?
(a) Dieter Allers.
(b) Pan Zabecki.
(c) Albert Hartl.
(d) Franz Stangl.

5. Who found Stangl's wife crying, and told her they already knew what happened at Sobibor from the beginning but knew Stangl to be a decent man?
(a) Countess Chelmicki.
(b) Italian Countess.
(c) Father Mario.
(d) Helene Eidenbock.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, who carried out the first gassing of Germans certified as incurably insane?

2. Who chaired the Wannsee Conference in January 1942 that officially approved of the extermination program?

3. What was the name of the special department created to handle Hitler's private affairs and personal petitions?

4. At the Euthanasia locations, Suchomel was responsible for archiving records in what format?

5. Jewish Socialist Bund leader Szmul Zygielbojm escaped from where, after his wife and children were killed, before broadcasting the horrors of Jewish extermination as a witness on the BBC?

(see the answer key)

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