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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. On what date did Hitler make the swastika an official part of the German flag?

2. Who was the head of the SS in Nazi Germany?

3. What did Alfons Heck call his first Latin teacher?

4. What was Jo Vis's profession?

5. In the 1920s, how many German marks equalled one American dollar?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How was Heinrich Himmler involved in Kristallnacht?

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

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

8. How are the events of Kristallnacht described?

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

10. Why did Alfons believe the years between 1942 and 1944 were the best of his life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who were the Righteous Gentiles and how did they help the Jews during World War II? Who are examples of Righteous Gentiles in the text? What did they do to assist Helen and Siegfried?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe and discuss Hitler's rise to power in Germany. How did the outcome of World War I influence Hitler's rise? Why did the German people follow Hitler? When did he assume power of the country?

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