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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 'In the interest of maintaining military discipline...'—The massacre of children in Byelaya Tserkov, military chaplains and the Wehrmacht.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What inconvenience did people not wanting to participate in mass killing endure?
(a) 2 years in prison.
(b) Loss of prestige.
(c) A fine of 300 Reichmarks.
(d) Being sent to the eastern front.

2. What were details of soldiers sometimes ordered to do?
(a) Prevented civilians from coming to close to the execution site.
(b) Assisted executions as spectators.
(c) Destroyed films made during executions.
(d) Took leave during executions.

3. What unit was Lieutenant-Colonel Groscurth assigned to?
(a) 25th Infantry Division.
(b) 29th Infantry Division.
(c) 95th Infantry Division.
(d) 295th Infantry Division.

4. What did the Babi Yar Massacre teach the Nazis?
(a) That Jews could resist.
(b) That civilians were a liability.
(c) That the methods of execution were inefficient.
(d) That Ukrainian civilians were willing to help.

5. What name was given to those who forced Jews to enter the line up before their executioners?
(a) Quickers.
(b) Packers.
(c) Liners.
(d) Movers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the events in "Soldiers sitting on rooftops and platforms watching the show" take place?

2. What does "'Bloody Wednesday' in Olkusz/Ilkenau" describe?

3. How many Jews were killed in the events described by Johannes Blaskowitz?

4. What followed in some instances of a soldier refusing to participate in mass killing?

5. What method of execution followed shooting the victims while waiting for the industrial solutions to be put in place?

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