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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. For what magazine did Margaret Bourke-White work when she went to cover the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps?

2. When did the German officer leading the attack on the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw declare "Warsaw's Jewish district is no more" (100)?

3. When did the Jews of the Warsaw ghetoo revolt against the Nazis?

4. How many of the 140,000 Jews living in Holland went into hiding after the Germans invaded?

5. How many people were killed by the bomb that Colonel Count von Stauffenberg planted in Hitler's headquarters?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who led the revolt in the Warsaw ghetto? When did this take place?

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

3. How was Alfons treated by the Americans when they arrived in Wittlich?

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

5. Who was Rabbit and how did Alfons come to know him?

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

7. With whom did Helen and Siegfried hide out in Haarlem? What was this arrangement like?

8. What led to the evacuation of German children to remote areas of Germany in 1943?

9. What is the equivalent of a Bahnfuhrer in the U.S. military? What did being appointed this position mean for Alfons?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where was Auschwitz located? What was the purpose of this camp complex? When was it erected and developed? How many Jews died at Auschwitz?

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 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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