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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. According to Gustav Munzberger, if Stangl had changed anything in Treblinka who would have told Wirth and the changes would have been countermanded?

2. Who wrote "While Six Million Died" chronicling American and British reactions to Jewish genocide?

3. How many reasons does the author give as her belief on why Pope Pius XII conducted himself the way he did regarding events from 1939 to 1945?

4. With what Gregorian University professor did the author discuss the Holy See and National Socialism?

5. Who referred to the pit full of black and blue bodies at Treblinka as "garbage."

Short Essay Questions

1. The author broke up conversations with Stangl into two parts, so what did she do in this interim time and how long was it?

2. Why was Stangl's wife shocked by Father Mario's response to her talk about her husband under confessional?

3. How did T4 psychiatrists view western Jews in relation to exterminating them?

4. Why was Pope Pius XI concerned about National Socialism?

5. Why did Stangl's wife make a weekly six hour round trip by train between Wels and Glasenbach?

6. What was the Lazarett at Treblinka?

7. What was Otto Horn's role in Treblinka?

8. According to the author how did Stangl change when he had to talk about "intolerable" details of events?

9. How did T4 psychiatrists view eastern Jews in relation to exterminating them?

10. How did Zabecki's wife deal with the cruelty of the human transports and escalating murders?

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

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 3

At one point in the book it was observed that just as the prisoners were trying to survive the camps, so were Franz Stangl and the other free men assigned to work at Treblinka. What details in the book illustrate that point, and how was this cultivation for survival reflected in their attitudes, daily operations, etc.?

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