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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 was the name of Jo Vis's wife?

2. Where was Alfons ordered to report in order to be sworn in as a Fahnrich with the Luftwaffe?

3. How many days leave was Alfons Heck granted after fulfilling his orders in Spang?

4. Where was the Frank family sent to await deportation to the east after they were arrested in Amsterdam?

5. Where did all the mothers with children go upon arriving at the camp, as described by Helen in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What were Alfons's perceptions of the Holocaust immediately after the end of the war?

5. Who was Josef Mengele and what was his role in the Holocaust?

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

7. When did the Battle of the Bulge take place? Why was this battle important to the war?

8. When was Alfons appointed Gefolgschaftsfuhrer? What did this mean?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Herman Goring and what was his position in the Nazi regime? What actions did Goring take during the Third Reich? What happened to Goring after the war?

Essay Topic 2

What happened to Doris during the war? With whom did she stay? How did she avoid detection? What happened to the girl after the war?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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