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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 were the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" marked as?

2. What did Taubner allow his men to do while committing atrocities?

3. What was the position of the man who said "I only took part in the murder of some three million people out of consideration for my family"?

4. Who were the letters in "Letters of SS-Obersturmführer Karl Kretschmer (SK 4a)" addressed to?

5. Who are the documents in the first section of "The bodies piled up in the streets" addressed to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Belzec's killing operation run prior to August 1942, according to "The Wansee Conference decisions implemented"?

2. What was the substantial sum of cash sent by Gauleiter Greiser meant for?

3. How were the letters between Fritz and Lieutenant-General Querner shocking?

4. What happened in Taubner's military service?

5. How is Taubner presented in "None of the Jews that were killed is any great loss"?

6. What did Adolf Eichmann express horror about?

7. How did the train journey to Belzec begin?

8. Why was Taubner in legal jeopardy?

9. What was Kretschmer enthusiastic about?

10. What happened to the children at Byelaya Tserkov after the execution of their parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Examine how murder was institutionalized under the Nazi government.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Dr. Kremer's scientific experiment with others at Auschwitz during the Holocaust and examine the implications caused by such experimentation.

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