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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. Who stayed in Wittlich to burn all the papers of Bann 244 Wittlich?

2. Where was Alfons Heck's brother relocated on June 11, 1943?

3. Where did Hans Leiwitz observe the murder of 30,000 Jewish women, children, and old men as the SS machine-gunned them into a ravine?

4. Kratzau was the name that the Germans had given to what Czechoslovakina village?

5. How many apartments were there in the ghetto of Warsaw after the Nazis overtook Poland in 1939?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Helen's reunion with Doris described?

2. When and why did the Germans begin bombing the bridges over the Rhine?

3. What was the aftermath of the revolt in the Warsaw ghetto?

4. How was Alfons treated by the French when they arrived to occupy Germany?

5. When did the Allies break through the German West Wall? What did this signify?

6. What occurred on April 30, 1945? What did this mean for the war?

7. What happened to women with children upon arriving at Auschwitz? Why?

8. What did Helen do when she was liberated from Kratzau?

9. Who was Colonel Count von Stauffenberg and why were his actions important?

10. When was the crematoria at Auschwitz destroyed? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What led to France and England entering into World War II? When did these countries' militaries become actively engaged in fighting? What were their objectives in entering the war?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Adolf Eichmann. What was his role in the Nazi regime? How was he a key figure in the Holocaust? What happened to Adolf Eichmann after the war?

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