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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 first country that Hitler overtook and incorporated into Germany?

2. What does the word "blitzkrieg" translate to in English?

3. On what date did Helen and Siegfried give over Doris to the couple that would raise her?

4. Who was the Nazi Minister of Propaganda?

5. Whose aircraft did the Red Baron shoot down over 80 of, gaining him fame?

Short Essay Questions

1. What agreements did Germany have with Russia in the late-1930s?

2. When did Hitler first propose a "final solution" to the "Jewish problem"? What was his solution?

3. What was the Flieger Hitlerjugend? How was Alfons involved with this organization?

4. Who was Ab Reusink and how did he help Helen and Siegfried?

5. What were Helen and Siegfried's lives like in Amsterdam during the time before the Nazis invaded?

6. How did Helen and Siegfried manage to delay being taken by the Nazis in Amsterdam?

7. What were Alfons's perceptions of Auschwitz after the Jews in Wittlich were taken away?

8. What led to Siegfried losing his job? What were his circumstances like after this?

9. How did the Hitler Youth organization change in 1939?

10. Who was Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery and what role did he play in World War II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the German people justify the Nazi concentration camps? Do you think they were aware of the genocide taking place in the camps? Why or why not? Give specific examples in your response.

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the German military tactics in the war. What does "Blitzkrieg" refer to and how was this employed by the Nazi military? What were the military's objectives? How did they go about meeting those objectives?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the Angel of Death. Who was this individual? Why did he have this nickname? What were his roles in the Holocaust?

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