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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near what river was Alfons Heck raised?
(a) The Thames River.
(b) The Rhine River.
(c) The Danube River.
(d) The Mosel River.

2. When did Hitler invade the Netherlands?
(a) May 14, 1940.
(b) October 6, 1939.
(c) May 10, 1940.
(d) June 14, 1940.

3. Where did Heinz Ermann go to stay with his Uncle Herbert when persecution of Jews began to become more serious?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Cologne.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

4. On what date did Hitler make the swastika an official part of the German flag?
(a) June 3, 1933.
(b) July 4, 1934.
(c) September 2, 1936.
(d) September 15, 1935.

5. What word in German refers to lower-class citizens, as used by the Nazis?
(a) Luftwaffe.
(b) Untermenschen.
(c) Blitzkrieg.
(d) Hitlerjugend.

6. How old did one have to be in order to join the Hitler Youth?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

7. On what date was Siegfried's mother buried?
(a) June 22, 1941.
(b) December 18, 1940.
(c) December 7, 1941.
(d) October 6, 1939.

8. Who was the number two man in the SS that helped carry out the savagery of the Kristallnacht?
(a) Anton Blum.
(b) Reinhard Heydrich.
(c) Paul Wolff.
(d) Heinrich Himmler.

9. Where did Alfons Heck tell his grandmother the Jews from Wittlich would be sent to provide labor for their crimes?
(a) England.
(b) Poland.
(c) Holland.
(d) France.

10. Who was the local carpenter and SS member that led the biggest troop of military in the night of broken glass in Wittlich?
(a) Anton Blum.
(b) Ernst von Rath.
(c) Reinhard Heydrich.
(d) Paul Wolff.

11. In the 1920s, how many German marks equalled one American dollar?
(a) 2.4 million.
(b) 4.2 billion.
(c) 6.8 million.
(d) 1.4 billion.

12. When did Holland surrended to the Nazis?
(a) June 14, 1940.
(b) October 6, 1939.
(c) May 10, 1940.
(d) May 14, 1940.

13. On what date did Helen and Siegfried give over Doris to the couple that would raise her?
(a) October 6, 1939.
(b) October 22, 1942.
(c) June 14, 1940.
(d) December 18, 1940.

14. How many synagogues were there in Frankfurt that were destoryed during Kristallnacht?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

15. Who was the head of the SS in Nazi Germany?
(a) Heinrich Himmler.
(b) Reinhard Heydrich.
(c) Ernst von Rath.
(d) Anton Blum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large was the force of Nazi soldiers that Hitler sent to invade Poland?

2. What were the younger apprentices of the Jungvolk called?

3. What does the memorial Yad Vashem mean?

4. Where did Helen Waterford's parents travel to marry?

5. By the end of 1938, what was the approximate membership of the Hitler Youth?

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