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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 Dr. Kremer do after receiving his promotion?

2. When did the events of "'In the interest of maintaining military discipline..." take place?

3. Why was Taubner charged?

4. How many Jews were killed per day at the start of the Belzec operation according to "SS-Untersturmführer Josef Oberhauser on the early days at Belzec"?

5. What was Dr. Kremer's pet project while assigned in a death camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the communication complain about the executions in "His attitude towards the Jews is quite impossible"?

2. Who was Pfannestiel, and what contradiction did he present regarding Nazi Germany?

3. What does the author recall about escorting one of the children of Byelaya Tserkov to his death?

4. What were the four letters dated from April 1941 through June 1942 according to "Practical work for our Fuhrer - Daily life during this Holocaust"?

5. What happened to non-Jewish citizens?

6. What was the Byelaya Tserkov, and what began in August of 1941, according to "In the interest of maintaining military discipline"?

7. What defense did Mobius try to use during his trial after the War?

8. What work detail did Rudolf Hoss lead?

9. What did a German soldier that witnessed 162 executions claim, and why does this seem contradictory?

10. What promotion was Kremer pleased with?

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 feelings or lack thereof of those who participated in or witnessed massacres during the Holocaust.

Essay Topic 3

Examine how murder was institutionalized under the Nazi government.

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