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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. Where did the events in "Present at the execution with heads of other authorities" take place?

2. What are the three documents about presented in "Pushed to their psychological limits"?

3. What does "'Bloody Wednesday' in Olkusz/Ilkenau" describe?

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

5. What was the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" job while he wrote his journal?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to the surviving Jews as of 1942?

3. What did "Each time a victim was beaten to death they started to clap" examine regarding the early stages of the Holocaust?

4. What were Jews made to do during the executions at the Babi Yar ravine?

5. What was "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" an excerpt of?

6. What did the Jager Report recommend?

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

8. How did the Wehrmacht lose local popularity?

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

10. What did a customs official say regarding the organization of the murders in Vinnitsa and Brailov?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue for or against the concept of accidental witnessing when the killing takes several hours.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine how murder was institutionalized under the Nazi government.

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