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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did "Verdict against SS- Untersturmführer Max Täubner, 24 May 1943" make clear Taubner wasn't assigned as?
(a) An executioner.
(b) A medic.
(c) A guard.
(d) A chaplain.

2. Why wasn't Taubner prosecuted for crimes against humanity after the war?
(a) Because he was helping make a case against his superior.
(b) Because he changed his name.
(c) Because he was dead.
(d) Because of double jeopardy.

3. What period did the letters in 'Letters by Gendarmerie Chief Fritz Jacob" cover?
(a) April 1942 to June 1942.
(b) April 1941 to June 1942.
(c) April 1941 to June 1943.
(d) April 1941 to September 1942.

4. What did four of the pictures in "A Gendarmerie Oberwachtmeister's photographs" depict?
(a) Execution of German soldiers.
(b) Execution of naked women.
(c) Execution of children.
(d) Execution of naked men.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the documents in "Eliminate the Jews once and for all"?

3. When was the case against Taubner's men dismissed?

4. What was Mentz sentenced to after the war?

5. What triggered an expansion of the killing capability of Belzec?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Kurt Franz, and what did he see in his first day at Treblinka?

2. What does the author recall about escorting one of the children of Byelaya Tserkov to his death?

3. What work detail did Rudolf Hoss lead?

4. How did Belzec's killing operation run prior to August 1942, according to "The Wansee Conference decisions implemented"?

5. Why was Kube attacked in several letters?

6. What did Grabnar order Hans Stark to do, according to "Food in the officer's mess excellent - Auschwitz"?

7. How is Taubner presented in "None of the Jews that were killed is any great loss"?

8. What did a German soldier that witnessed 162 executions claim, and why does this seem contradictory?

9. What happened to non-Jewish citizens?

10. What was the substantial sum of cash sent by Gauleiter Greiser meant for?

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