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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 'Their soldierly conduct is exemplary'—Kulmhof (Che?mno) extermination camp in the Wartheland Reichsgau.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did the children have to wait before being executed?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 4 days.

2. What did the author of the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" complain about?
(a) That the executions were too quick.
(b) That the executions were not well planned.
(c) That the Jews were starting to resist.
(d) That the execution crew did not clean up after.

3. What did some believe the executioners were forced to chose between?
(a) Being an executioner or going to prison.
(b) Being an executioner or being fired from the army.
(c) Being an executioner or being sent to the front.
(d) Being a victim or an executioner.

4. What was Kurt Möbius sentenced for after the war?
(a) Murder.
(b) Crimes against humanity.
(c) Accessory to murder.
(d) War crimes.

5. How many Jewish Lithuanians were killed in June 1941?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 1,500.
(d) 2,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Death Dealer of Kaunas kill his victims?

2. Why did Kretschmer say the local citizenry were like parrots?

3. Why were the victims of some mass shooting asked to undress?

4. What was the rationale behind the executions in "SS-Obersturmführer August Häfner, Sonderkommando 4a"?

5. What was the Nazi government concerned about regarding institutionalized murder, according to "The brutalization of precious German Manpower"?

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