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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Dr. Strauch send his report to?
(a) General of the Gendarmerie von Mush.
(b) Himmler.
(c) Goring.
(d) General of the Police von dem Bach.

2. What gas was used at the height of the industrialization of the extermination camp?
(a) Zyklon B.
(b) Maroo H.
(c) Rubb L.
(d) Gaz X.

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

4. What did the Germans first use to gas people at Belzec?
(a) Zyklon B.
(b) Wood smoke.
(c) Gasoline.
(d) Bottled gas or exhaust fumes.

5. What does "Theodor Malzmüller on the plague boils of humanity" describe?
(a) The extermination camp at Belzec.
(b) The extermination camp at Sobibor.
(c) The extermination camp at Treblinka.
(d) The extermination camp at Kulmhof.

6. What type of village was not targeted by mass killings?
(a) Less than 5,000 people.
(b) Less than 2,000 people.
(c) Less than 10,000 people.
(d) Less than 1,000 people.

7. What was Theodor Malzmüller role during the war?
(a) Guard at the extermination camp at Kulmhof.
(b) Driver at the extermination camp at Kulmhof.
(c) Cook at the extermination camp at Kulmhof.
(d) Nurse at the extermination camp at Kulmhof.

8. Who visited the building where the children were located?
(a) Military Chaplains.
(b) Local priests.
(c) Local nuns.
(d) German Generals.

9. How did Fritz describe the Jews?
(a) Jude.
(b) Ape people.
(c) Monkey people.
(d) Sons of Abraham.

10. How many people were on the train described in "The train journey to Belzec--Schutzpolizei Zugwachtmeister Jäcklein's report" when it left for Belzec?
(a) 8,200.
(b) 6,200.
(c) 2,200.
(d) 5,200.

11. Why did Hoss lead work details that exhumed corpses from mass graves?
(a) To throw them in the sea.
(b) To incinerate them.
(c) To move them to a secure location.
(d) To ground them.

12. What did Gauleiter ask Himmler in "Gauleiter Greiser to Himmler, 19 March 1943"?
(a) Authorization to take over the killing program in Warsaw.
(b) Authorization to kill more Jews.
(c) Authorization to retire.
(d) Authorization to take an extended leave with some of his men.

13. What was the position of the man who said "I only took part in the murder of some three million people out of consideration for my family"?
(a) Head of chemical production.
(b) Head of the political department.
(c) Head of war department.
(d) Head of transportation.

14. How did the German soldier bring the little girl in to her execution in "SS-Obersturmführer August Häfner on the killing of the children"?
(a) Pushing her.
(b) By holding her hand.
(c) Giving her a piggy back ride.
(d) Carrying her.

15. What was Dr Kremer put to trial for?
(a) Crimes against humanity.
(b) Genocide.
(c) War crimes.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What period did the letters in 'Letters by Gendarmerie Chief Fritz Jacob" cover?

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

3. What was Kurt Möbius sentenced to after the war?

4. What did "Verdict against SS- Untersturmführer Max Täubner, 24 May 1943" make clear Taubner wasn't assigned as?

5. Where did the event of "'In the interest of maintaining military discipline..." take place?

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