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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 inscripted on the daggers that the Jungvolk received upon passing their test of courage?

2. How many Nazi soldiers fighting in the Russian campaign came home of the 300,000 sent?

3. What U.S President declared war on the Axis powers after the bombing at Pearl Harbor?

4. Who ordered the expansion of the Auschwitz death camp?

5. What was Erwin Rommel popularly known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Helen Waterford grow up? Why did she go to the Netherlands?

2. What was the SS? When was it formed? What were its objectives?

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

4. What happened to Helen Waterford's family during the time of Kristallnacht?

5. How was Heinrich Himmler involved in Kristallnacht?

6. When did England and France join into the war? Why?

7. How did World War I influence the breakout of World War II?

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

9. Who was Adolf Hitler? How and when did he come to power?

10. What signaled the beginning of World War II? When and where did this attack occur?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Kristallnacht? What events led up to this occasion? How many Jews were killed during Kristallnacht? How many Jewish buildings and businesses were destroyed?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the backstory of Helen Waterford. Where was she born and raised? When and why did she move to Amsterdam? What was her life like there prior to Holland's defeat by the Nazis?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the reactions and perceptions of the Jews as they faced more and more persecution in Germany and in Europe. Why do you think the Jewish people did not fight against this persecution? On what occasions did they fight back? What happened on this occasions?

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