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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 do the statements forming "Quite happy to take part in shootings" not show?

2. What did some civilians do to victims ready to be executed?

3. When did the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews" divorce his wife?

4. What did the author of "Notes of Eastern Territories Commander, Johannes Blaskowitz" complain about?

5. What did some believe the executioners were forced to chose between?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Landau formally state regarding Jewish children in comparison to his own?

3. Who was Oberst and what did he recount?

4. What did Landau provide good example of?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What methods did the Nazis undertake to eliminate the evidence of their crimes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Professor Pfannensteil's role in the SS and why hygiene was important in concentration camps.

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