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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 'His attitude towards the Jews is quite impossible'—Documents on persecution in the White Russia Generalbezirk.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the second method used by Nazis to kill Jews?
(a) Gas vans.
(b) Shooting.
(c) Gas chamber.
(d) Gas planes.

3. What was the Nazi government concerned about regarding institutionalized murder, according to "The brutalization of precious German Manpower"?
(a) The speed of the process.
(b) That it was dehumanizing to the soldiers involved in it.
(c) The efficiency of the process.
(d) How long they would have before the machine can be operational.

4. What did the German government use as an excuse to escalate the hatred for the Jews?
(a) Propaganda.
(b) Fear of the communists.
(c) Their wealth.
(d) Reaction to partisan sabotage.

5. Who did the Lithuanians blame for the foreign occupation of their country?
(a) The Communists.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Nazi party of Lithuania.
(d) The Jews.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people people were executed at a time in "An officer cadet on the killing of the adults"?

3. Who wrote the "Foreword" of The Good Old Days?

4. Where did the events in "Present at the execution with heads of other authorities" take place?

5. Why did the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" order men to be put to death on several occasions?

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