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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. What was the name of Stangl's sister-in-law?

2. Another man closely connected with the Euthanasia Programme, Albert Hartl was a priest for how many years before joining the SS?

3. 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?

4. What is the name of the officer that revealed, in drunkenness, what went on at Sobibor to Stangl's wife?

5. Who was eventually commissioned to write the Euthanasia opposition opinion regarding the Catholic Church?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. What was the significance of placing all four death camps in Poland?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sereny observed that Stangl found working at the death camps emotionally and psychologically straining and unpleasant. Using details from the biography, provide several pages supporting this observation.

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

Explain the relationship between social Darwinism and the Euthanasia and Extermination Programmes as presented within the book.

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