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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 'Food in the officers' mess excellent'—Auschwitz.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Jews died in the Babi Yar ravine massacre?
(a) 3,771.
(b) 3,371.
(c) 371.
(d) 33,771.

2. What did "Gauleiter Greiser to Himmler, 19 March 1943" praise?
(a) The effectiveness of a new killing method.
(b) The power of a new rifle.
(c) The bravery of an execution squad.
(d) The bravery of an assault squad.

3. What was the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" job while he wrote his journal?
(a) Camp guard.
(b) Jewish slave labor organizer.
(c) Cook.
(d) Driver.

4. How many photographs are presented in "'Bloody Wednesday' in Olkusz/Ilkenau"?
(a) 5 photographs.
(b) 6 photographs.
(c) 7 photographs.
(d) 1 photograph.

5. What is one of the most widely believed myths about the Holocaust according to "Quite happy to take part in shootings"?
(a) That those who participated were forced to do so.
(b) Those who participated in mass killing had a choice.
(c) Only S.S. participated in mass killings.
(d) Only soldiers participated in mass killings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hoss lead work details that exhumed corpses from mass graves?

2. Why did Kube once thank a Jew for?

3. What did Fritz mention in his letters about his girlfriend?

4. What did the the statements forming "Quite happy to take part in shootings" show?

5. What did the Auschwitz doctor extract from living patients?

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