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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What inconvenience did people not wanting to participate in mass killing endure?

2. What did the Auschwitz doctor extract from living patients?

3. What time period does the third document of "The brutalization of precious German Manpower" cover?

4. What was " 'Total 137,346'--the so-called 'Jäger Report' " marked?

5. What did the statements forming "Quite happy to take part in shootings" reveal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Report marked "Secret Reich Business" contain?

2. What does the "Introduction" provide a history of the development of?

3. What did the statements given by police, government officials, members of the SS, and Einsatzgruppen all agree on?

4. Who was the cycle unit that participated in mass killing of Jews supported by?

5. Who wrote the "Foreword" and what does the writer discuss?

6. What time period did the excerpts from the diary of a cycle battalion cover?

7. What organization was Landau involved in during his youth?

8. What edition was the "Preface" taken from, and what does it include?

9. What did the Jager Report recommend?

10. What is the question of mass murder raised in the "Foreword"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the difference between unsanctioned and sanctioned mass murder in the eyes of the Nazis.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the significance of the Wansee Conference in January 1942 and how it changed the extermination process.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of voluntary verses involuntary participation in mass murders and the Holocaust.

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