Into That Darkness: An Examination of Conscience Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Gitta Sereny
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Into That Darkness: An Examination of Conscience Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Gitta Sereny
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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. How far was Chelm from Sobibor?

2. In what year did Hitler issue his vague order to army command in Russia covering the execution of large numbers of undesirables, primarily Jews (though unstated)?

3. Just before a lunch break during the first interview, how long did the author listen to Stangl before telling him what she wanted from the interviews or she would not continue?

4. Between 1941 and 1944 it is estimated the Nazis killed how many Russian civilians in the first steps of their genocide of "inferior races" plans?

5. According to Stangl how old was the boy in the children's facility where the Mother Superior couldn't understand why the boy was rejected for a "mercy killing"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Stangl's interview with SS officer Globocnik before Stangl was sent to Sobibor?

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

9. What was done in euthanasia institutes after T4 was officially stopped by Hitler?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Albert Hartl, after a tour of duty killing Jews and others, was freed from his duties, with pension, after a disputed mental breakdown. Compare that man's situation with Franz Stangl's. Did Stangl have same options? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What was Stangl's post-war life like with his family? in Damascus? Syria? Brazil?

Essay Topic 3

Frau Stangl wanted her husband to escape his prison situation and he was reluctant. How did this compare to earlier in the book when a man told some Jews he has in the woods he would rather they run off than get killed, but the Jews came back anyway? How did Frau Stangl convince her husband to finally leave his prison situation?

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