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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the first country that Hitler overtook and incorporated into Germany?
(a) The Netherlands.
(b) England.
(c) Austria.
(d) France.

3. Who was Siegfried's brother who lived in the United States as his family prepared to try to flee Holland?
(a) Rudolf.
(b) Max.
(c) Jakob.
(d) Hans.

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

5. How old was Alfons Heck when Hitler came to power in 1933?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 12.

6. Who ordered the expansion of the Auschwitz death camp?
(a) Anton Blum.
(b) Heinrich Himmler.
(c) Manfred von Richthofen.
(d) Ernst von Rath.

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

8. What does "sitzkrieg" translate to in English?
(a) Violent war.
(b) Lighting war.
(c) Sitting war.
(d) Trench war.

9. On what date did the Nazis invade the Soviet Union?
(a) October 6, 1939.
(b) December 7, 1941.
(c) June 22, 1941.
(d) December 18, 1940.

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

11. Over how many books with messages said to be threatening to the Third Reich were burned in May of 1933 at the book-burning in Berlin?
(a) About 100,000.
(b) About 20,000.
(c) About 40,000.
(d) About 70,000.

12. Where did A.G. plan to open a company based on metal work?
(a) Finland.
(b) France.
(c) Iceland.
(d) The Netherlands.

13. From where did the Heck family move to Germany?
(a) Austria.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Finland.

14. Where did Helen Waterford's parents travel to marry?
(a) Frankfurt.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

15. How many German synagogues were set fire on Kristallnacht according to the "official" reports?
(a) 119.
(b) 154.
(c) 12.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Heinz Ermann go to stay with his Uncle Herbert when persecution of Jews began to become more serious?

2. What was the name of the Nazi German air force?

3. When was the memorial Yad Vashem established?

4. Where was Adolf Eichmann discovered in hiding after the end of World War II?

5. About how many miles apart are Frankfurt and Wittlich?

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