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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the events in "'Bloody Wednesday' in Olkusz/Ilkenau" take place?
(a) June 1940.
(b) July 1942.
(c) July 1941.
(d) July 1940.

2. What food did the doctors in Auschwitz like in the camp?
(a) Strudel.
(b) Cocoa.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) Pasta.

3. What camp were the Jews of Olkusz/Ilkenau sent to?
(a) Auschwitz.
(b) Treblinka.
(c) Belzec.
(d) Sobibor.

4. What does the "Introduction" provide a concise review of?
(a) Development of the Nazi party.
(b) Development of the S.S.
(c) Development of early concentration camps.
(d) Development of the Wehrmarcht.

5. How many people were executed in "SS-Obersturmführer August Häfner, Sonderkommando 4a"?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 3,000.

6. Where did the events in "Present at the execution with heads of other authorities" take place?
(a) Stranbeck.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Rostov.
(d) Bobruisk.

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

8. What was the Nazi government's concern regarding the German executioners?
(a) Their physical health.
(b) Their accuracy.
(c) Their efficiency.
(d) Their mental health.

9. What is the third document in "The brutalization of precious German Manpower" an excerpt of?
(a) A biography.
(b) A book.
(c) A field report.
(d) A diary.

10. What inconvenience did people not wanting to participate in mass killing endure?
(a) Loss of prestige.
(b) A fine of 300 Reichmarks.
(c) Being sent to the eastern front.
(d) 2 years in prison.

11. How did the Lithuanians see the German invasion of their country?
(a) As a danger for the Jews.
(b) With indifference.
(c) As a disaster.
(d) As a liberation.

12. Who wrote the "Foreword" of The Good Old Days?
(a) Hermer Smith.
(b) Ruth Eglemann.
(c) Lord Dacre of Glanton.
(d) Karl Hamster.

13. What was the rationale behind the executions in "SS-Obersturmführer August Häfner, Sonderkommando 4a"?
(a) The supposed murdering of 3,000 people.
(b) The supposed murdering of 2,000 people.
(c) The supposed murdering of 200 people.
(d) The supposed murdering of 20 people.

14. What language was 'The Good Old Days' translated from?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Slovak.
(d) Hebrew.

15. What did the German troops lose according to Johannes Blaskowitz"?
(a) Two crates of weapons.
(b) Money.
(c) Two fuel trucks.
(d) Local popularity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What followed in some instances of a soldier refusing to participate in mass killing?

2. What do the documents of "Pushed to their psychological limits" say some executioners suffered from?

3. What does "The Twelve Toppers and a Little Hat" say stuck out of the ground?

4. Who is in the first photograph in "Each time a victim was beaten to death they started to clap"?

5. What method of execution followed shooting the victims while waiting for the industrial solutions to be put in place?

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