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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 ran and told Stangl to come look at the "funny" building found in the woods at Sobibor?

2. What time of year was it when Stangl met Globocnik at the SS HQ on the bench?

3. German army records revealed "Executions" addressed to security police in Riga, reported how many women executed?

4. Several survivors testified at Stagl's trial, but who is the one survivor whose testimony Stangl felt as a betrayal?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Stangl reveal about his orders to report to T4 and his knowledge of T4's purpose?

2. Who was Brack in relation to T4 and Stangl?

3. How did Stanislaw Szmajzner become a goldsmith?

4. What did the author learn about the former SS HQ when she visited the site in Lublin in March 1972?

5. What did the author mention about Hitler's new Europe from "Mein Kampf?"

6. With whom did the author discuss the evolution of the Euthanasia Programme?

7. What were the sleeping arrangements at Sobibor the first few weeks after Stangl arrived?

8. In the first interview what did we learn about Stangl's tour of duty?

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

10. How did Stanislaw Szmajzner describe the Sobibor camp set-up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At one point in the biography it was reported that one main reason for Hitler's rise to power was his promise to feed everyone. Discuss the food challenges during that time (people not sharing the wealth, people doing more than others). How did those food challenges affect the camps?

Essay Topic 2

In initial interviews Stangl talked about his life in Austria with his parents, his new career, and the changing political atmosphere of his country as the 1938 invasion approached. What was going on in Stangl's life? How did he seem to interact with his parents? Co-workers? His new wife? How did these interactions shed light on Stangl the man?

Essay Topic 3

Why were Western and Eastern Jews treated so differently at the camps? What were the differences in the two groups? How did these differences affect each groups' perceptions of the camps?

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