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

2. What was the rank of the man who wrote "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews"?

3. Where did the battalion deploy described in the third document of "The brutalization of precious German Manpower"?

4. Who wrote "Scores of soldiers, some in bathing trunks, watching the proceedings"?

5. Why were the victims of some mass shooting asked to undress?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was noted in a few instances of those who refused to participate in mass killings?

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

3. What does the book proper consist of according to "The brutalization of precious German manpower," and how is it divided?

4. What did the Jager Report recommend?

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

6. What problematic juxtaposition was posed regarding organ tissue in the "Introduction"?

7. What was the myth examined in "Quite happy to take part in shootings"?

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

9. What was the usual recourse for the murderers, according to "Pushed to their psychological limits"?

10. What concern did the German government have regarding German soldiers during the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how murder can become dehumanizing for those tasked with the process of execution.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the history of the concentration camps, why they were started, and the crimes committed at the camps.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the note of bizarre concern and the way in which executions were haphazardly carried out.

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