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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 did the statements forming "Quite happy to take part in shootings" reveal?
(a) Punishment for refusing to participate in mass murder was harsh.
(b) Only soldiers were punished for refusing to participate in mass killings.
(c) No punishment was incurred by those refusing to participate in mass killings.
(d) Only civilians were punished for refusing to participate in mass killings.

2. How many people people were executed at a time in "An officer cadet on the killing of the adults"?
(a) 9.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 12.

3. Why were the victims of some mass shooting asked to undress?
(a) To reuse their clothes.
(b) To make a fire.
(c) To amuse the soldiers.
(d) To be sure noone had a bulletproof vest.

4. Who wrote "Scores of soldiers, some in bathing trunks, watching the proceedings"?
(a) Major Shulsh.
(b) Major Rosler.
(c) Captain Smith.
(d) Sergeant Rosler.

5. What often happened during the mass shooting of Jews?
(a) Men tried to bargain for their life.
(b) Local people came to watch.
(c) Parents killed their children.
(d) Some tried to overpower the guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were executed in "SS-Obersturmführer August Häfner, Sonderkommando 4a"?

2. What is the third document in "The brutalization of precious German Manpower" an excerpt of?

3. Who was executed in "Soldiers sitting on rooftops and platforms watching the show"?

4. What name was given to those who forced Jews to enter the line up before their executioners?

5. What did some civilians do to victims ready to be executed?

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