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

2. What does "Sieg Heil" translate to in English?

3. What was the first country that Hitler overtook and incorporated into Germany?

4. What was Jo Vis's profession?

5. On what date was Siegfried's mother buried?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Blitzkrieg mean and how does it apply to Germany's efforts in the war?

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

5. What were Alfons's experiences like at the Nuremberg Party Congress, Reichsparteitag?

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

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

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

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

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

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 backstory of Alfons Heck. Where was he born? Who raised him? How did he become involved in the Hitler Youth?

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