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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. Where did Taubner commit his crime of unsanctioned mass murder?
(a) Warsaw.
(b) Scholochowo.
(c) Kiev.
(d) Berlin.

2. What did Fritz mention in his letters about his girlfriend?
(a) Her leaving him.
(b) Her pay raise.
(c) Her being pregnant.
(d) Her new car.

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

4. What did Kretschmer assure his children he was not doing immoderately?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Shooting.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Drinking.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many of the Jews on the train described in "The train journey to Belzec--Schutzpolizei Zugwachtmeister Jäcklein's report" died before arriving at Belzec?

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

4. How many Jews were killed per day at the start of the Belzec operation according to "SS-Untersturmführer Josef Oberhauser on the early days at Belzec"?

5. How many people people were executed at a time in "An officer cadet on the killing of the adults"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Kremer begin to pursue a few weeks after arriving at Auschwitz?

2. What promotion was Kremer pleased with?

3. How were the letters between Fritz and Lieutenant-General Querner shocking?

4. Who was Pfannestiel, and what contradiction did he present regarding Nazi Germany?

5. What did the communication complain about the executions in "His attitude towards the Jews is quite impossible"?

6. What happened in Taubner's military service?

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

8. How did the train journey to Belzec begin?

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

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

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