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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 asked Hartl to write an opinion on whether the Church would oppose the German State euthanising the incurably insane?

2. 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?

3. How many people survived the four Nazi death camps?

4. Who talked about becoming the "block-eldest" in the Sobibor barracks for work-Jews?

5. On the fourth day of interviews Stangl began talking about his travels with how many people from the "Foundation"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Nazi plans for "Final Solution" come to be during the invasion of Russia?

2. What are a couple of early objections to euthanasia policy in German government according to the author's history of development of the program?

3. How did Professor Mayer end up writing the opinion about Catholic Church opposition to euthanasia?

4. As one of five men with medals, why was Stangl anxious within three days of the Nazis invading Austria?

5. Only who had a chance of surviving the four death camps and how many actually survived?

6. What body officially approved the four extermination camps and what was the name of each camp?

7. What does the author describe for us about T4 and the facility used for T4 in the initial chapters of Part One of the book?

8. Why did Stangl feel betrayed by testimony at his trial from Stanislaw Szmajzner?

9. Who was Franz Reichleitner whom Stangl saw upon arrival at Schloss Hartheim?

10. Why did Stangl stop in Chelm before going on to Sobibor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What efforts did Stangl and others take to minimize the horror of the death camps for the victims as well as the camp workers? Be sure to include the false railway station in your responses. How effective were those efforts (support with details as described in the biography)?

Essay Topic 2

What changes in the political climate affected Franz Stangl after he became a policeman? How did Stangl respond to those changes and how did his responses affect his career as a policeman?

Essay Topic 3

Sereny observed that Stangl experienced moral degradation and a personality change while working the death camps. On what details did the author base those observations? Are they sufficient to support the observation?

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