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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What time period does the letters in "Letters of SS-Obersturmführer Karl Kretschmer (SK 4a)" cover?
(a) September through October 1942.
(b) September through November1942.
(c) September through October 1943.
(d) September through October 1941.

3. What period of time did "'In the interest of maintaining military discipline..." cover?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 4 days.

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

5. What type of worker did the author of the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" say were wanted?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Highly skilled Jews.
(c) Mechanics.
(d) Nurses.

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

7. Who are the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" addressed to?
(a) Generalkommissar in Minsk.
(b) Generalkommissar in Berlin.
(c) Generalkommissar in Rostov.
(d) Generalkommissar in Kiev.

8. What triggered an expansion of the killing capability of Belzec?
(a) New leadership.
(b) New equipment.
(c) More trains coming to Belzec.
(d) More personnel.

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

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

11. What unit was Lieutenant-Colonel Groscurth assigned to?
(a) 25th Infantry Division.
(b) 295th Infantry Division.
(c) 29th Infantry Division.
(d) 95th Infantry Division.

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

13. 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) 6,200.
(b) 8,200.
(c) 2,200.
(d) 5,200.

14. What were the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" marked as?
(a) Top Secret.
(b) Secret.
(c) Hitler's Eyes Only.
(d) Do not copy.

15. What did Kurt say in "Kurt Möbius on the guilt of the Jews and his own lack of blame" about orders given by a government?
(a) The cannot be disobeyed.
(b) They can only be for the general good.
(c) They were obviously correct.
(d) They must be moral.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author of the documents in "Eliminate the Jews once and for all" held what rank?

3. What was the gift included in "Gauleiter Greiser to Himmler, 19 March 1943" meant for?

4. Who were the letters addressed to in "Letters by Gendarmerie chief Fritz Jacob"?

5. Who sent the documents of the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets"?

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