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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 does the "Introduction" provide a concise review of?

2. What did the German government use as an excuse to escalate the hatred for the Jews?

3. What did the Babi Yar Massacre teach the Nazis?

4. Who was the mistress of the author of "Once again I've got to play general to the Jews"?

5. How many photographs are presented in "'Bloody Wednesday' in Olkusz/Ilkenau"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did accompanying photographs of the Babi Yar ravine show?

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

4. What does "Execution as popular entertainment" say about Jewish executions?

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

6. What does the material start and end with, according to the "Foreword"?

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

8. Who was Oberst and what did he recount?

9. What did the statements in "Quite happy to take part in shootings" collectively demonstrate about individual participation in the Holocaust?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine how murder was institutionalized under the Nazi government.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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