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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Taubner occasionally join?
(a) Officially sanctioned killing squads.
(b) The local coeur.
(c) Reconnaisance units.
(d) The Army band.

2. Where did the event of "'In the interest of maintaining military discipline..." take place?
(a) Byelaya Tserkov.
(b) Kiev.
(c) Markov Stupeer.
(d) Tserbelin.

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

4. What was Mentz sentenced to after the war?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) Death.

5. What did Fritz feel about the Jews?
(a) He felt content.
(b) He felt nothing.
(c) He was full of hatred.
(d) He felt pity.

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

7. What did Dr. Kremer do after receiving his promotion?
(a) Created his own camp.
(b) Was given his own test subjects.
(c) Was given his own hospital.
(d) Left Auschwitz.

8. Who said "I only took part in the murder of some three million people out of consideration for my family" according to "'Food in the officers' mess excellent'--Auschwitz"?
(a) Enchmann.
(b) Rudolph Hoss.
(c) Herman Geuring.
(d) Maximilian Grabner.

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

10. What was Dr. Kremer's pet project while assigned in a death camp?
(a) Grow twins in jars.
(b) Brain biopsies.
(c) Harvesting organ tissues from live prisoners.
(d) Grow orchids.

11. Who were the letters addressed to in "Letters by Gendarmerie chief Fritz Jacob"?
(a) Commander Querner.
(b) Lieutenant-General Smith.
(c) Lieutenant-General Querner.
(d) Marechal Querner.

12. What skills did Eichmann bring to the "final solution"?
(a) His engineering skills.
(b) His organization skills.
(c) His medicinal experience.
(d) His chemical expertise.

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

14. Why was Taubner charged?
(a) For killing Jews.
(b) For saving a Jew.
(c) For killing Jews without authorization.
(d) For refusing to kill Jews.

15. How did Max Taubner describe himself according to "Verdict against SS- Untersturmführer Max Täubner, 24 May 1943"?
(a) A sharp shooter.
(b) Crazy.
(c) Fanatical enemy of the Jews.
(d) Good man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unit was Lieutenant-Colonel Groscurth assigned to?

2. What does "Theodor Malzmüller on the plague boils of humanity" describe?

3. Why wasn't Taubner prosecuted for crimes against humanity after the war?

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

5. How did Kretschmer sign his letters?

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