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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 does "Mein Kampf" translate to in English?

2. Where did A.G. plan to open a company based on metal work?

3. Who did Herschel Grynszpan shoot at the German Embassy in Paris in retaliation for his father being shipped back to Poland?

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

5. When did Great Britain declare war on Nazi Germany?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Helen's family gain entrance into the United States? When did this occur?

9. How are the events of Kristallnacht described?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Heinrich Himmler? What offices and roles did Himmler play in the Nazi regime? How did Himmler become involved with Nazi politics? What happened to Himmler after the war?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Germany's relations with Russia prior to and during World War II. What agreements did Germany have with Russia? How were those agreements broken? What was the war front like between these countries?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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