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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 was Professor Wilhelm Pfannenstiel's job at Belzec?
(a) To make sure people were dead.
(b) Make sure soldiers didn't have a mental breakdown.
(c) To be sure the extermination was performed hygienically.
(d) Treat wounded prisoners.

2. Who sent the documents of the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets"?
(a) Berlin Gebietskommissar.
(b) Minsk Gebietskommissar.
(c) Kiev Gebietskommissar.
(d) Slutsk Gebietskommissar.

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

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

5. When was the case against Taubner's men dismissed?
(a) June 5, 1943.
(b) June 1, 1944.
(c) June 1, 1943.
(d) May 1, 1943.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of village was not targeted by mass killings?

2. Who did Dr. Strauch send his report to?

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

4. What gas was used at the height of the industrialization of the extermination camp?

5. When did Taubner commit his crime of unsanctioned mass murder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What promotion was Kremer pleased with?

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

3. What happened to the children at Byelaya Tserkov after the execution of their parents?

4. Why was Kube attacked in several letters?

5. Why did Taubner's time in a German prison benefit him?

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

7. Why was Taubner in legal jeopardy?

8. What work detail did Rudolf Hoss lead?

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

10. What defense did Mobius try to use during his trial after the War?

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