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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. Stangl was born in a small town in Austria on March 26th in what year?

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

3. Stangl was assigned to the Sobibor death camp by Globocnik, and when he arrived he found how many wooden buildings?

4. With the T4 assignment Stangl was promoted to what police officer rank?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Stanislaw Szmajzner become a goldsmith?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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