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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. How did Kretschmer sign his letters?
(a) Your Papa.
(b) Your father.
(c) Karl.
(d) Obersturmführer.

2. What time period does the third document of "The brutalization of precious German Manpower" cover?
(a) June to September 1941.
(b) May to September 1941.
(c) June to September 1942.
(d) June to October 1941.

3. Why did Kretschmer say the local citizenry were like parrots?
(a) They did not speak German.
(b) They were colorful.
(c) Because of their predilection for sunflower seeds.
(d) They talked a lot.

4. When did the first extermination camp open?
(a) January 1941.
(b) December 1941.
(c) March 1942.
(d) December 1942.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the first method used by Nazis to kill Jews?

3. What did a soldier have to overcome while killing the Jewish prisoners?

4. What government instigated an anti-Semitic politic in Kaunas in 1940?

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

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