Nazi Germany Final Exam

According to Finell, why did Soviet soldiers think that someone had stolen their potatoes?

None of the above

In fall 1939, what did Finell get in trouble for?

Removing metal studs from a chair

In his diary entry from 30 March 1941, what did Franz Halder write about what Hitler had told him?

That the war against the USSR will be a war of extermination

What did the Allies decide at the Yalta Conference?

To divide Europe into spheres of influence after the War

What did Finell do to save herself from being raped by Soviet soldiers?

Disguised herself as a hunchback

Whom did Newman witness being executed in January 1945?

Women who had smuggled gunpowder

After the fall of Poland, what were all Jews in occupied Poland forced to do?

Wear an armband that identified them as Jews

Why did German civilians face few hardships other than bombing raids through 1943?

Because Germany plundered goods everywhere it went

Which country was an ally of Germany?

All of the above (Italy, Romania, Finland, Hungary)

According to the “Re-Germanization of lost German blood," what was Germany's objective in eastern Europe, particularly Poland?

All the above (Germanize polish children, resettle lands with ethnic Germans, target the polish intelligentsia, remove foreign races)

In which city did the Allies' most controversial bombing take place?

Dresden

What did Lebensraum refer to?

Living space

What did the Volksgemeinschaft refer to?

Community of racially pure Volk

Who became Britain's Prime Minister in spring 1940?

Winston Churchill

In which year did the Nazi Regime take over full control of the economy?

1943

When did Germany invade the USSR?

June 1941

Who was a killer of Jews on the Eastern Front?

All of the above (Wehrmacht troops, german occupation authorities, einsatzgruppen, SS)

What happened in Germany on 3 February 1943?

Germany surrendered at Stalingrad

Which of the following was a death/extermination camp (i.e., killing center)?

Treblinka

What was Sippenhaft?

The belief that traitors' disloyalty was in their blood

As she made her way home from the butcher shop in April 1945, what happened to Finell?

She came under fire from Soviet snipers

According to Sala Pawlowicz, what did German authorities do in Poland in fall 1939?

All the above

1. Confiscated Jews' property

2. Seized her brother

3. Tortured a local rabbi

4. Marked Jewish property with a Yellow Star of David

What is the German term for lightening war?

Blitzkrieg

What did Germany do in violation of the Versailles Treaty?

All of the above

• Annexed Austria

• Rearmed

• Sent troops into the Rhineland

• Invaded Poland

In Nazi language, what did the "Final Solution" refer to?

Genocide

In his 1 September 1939 speech, what did Hitler argue?

That Danzig belonged to Germany

Where did the largest tank battle in World War II take place?

Kursk

What was an objective of Germany's policy on the ghettoization of Jews in Poland?

All the above

1. To concentrate Jews together

2. To sever contact between Jews and ethnic Poles

3. To restrict Jews' movements

4. To locate all Jews

Who were members of the Volkssturm?

Teenage boys

In which country did D-Day take place?

France

Which battle marked the turning point on the Eastern Front?

None of the above

1. D-Day

2. Rotterdam

3. El Alamein

4. Warsaw

5. Leningrad

Which statement best characterized the German public's view in 1939 of the likely outbreak of war?

Most opposed it due to fear

What happened to the girls at Mistroy?

None of the above

1. They drowned in a boating accident as they tried to flee the Soviet Army

2. They joined the Volkssturm

3. They met with Hitler

4. They were killed in a bombing

5. They became DPs

When Finell was staying in Liegnitz at her father's house in 1943, what did one man say to her on the tram after she gave up her seat to an elderly man?

A German girl does not get up for a Jew

Prior to working at Germany's killing centers, where was Police Chief Wirth stationed?

At the T-4 facilities

In Mein Kampf, what did Hitler argue should should be Germany's territorial objective in Eastern Europe?

Lebensraum

What happened to Newman when she arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau?

She was separated from her mother

Approximately how many Jews did Germans murder in massacres?

2 million

As of 1940, what was the name given to the unoccupied portion of France?

Vichy

Where did Newman go after she left Breslau?

None of the above

1. Dresden

2. Warsaw

3. Munich

4. Paris

5. Frankfurt

What did the “Law for the Protection of German Blood and Honor” prohibit?

All of the above

1. Marriage between Jews and German citizens

2. Extra-marital intercourse between Jews and German citizens

3. Jews from displaying the German national flag

4. Jews' employment of female German citizens

What did Aunt Margaret die from?

None of the above

Approximately how many people (soldiers and civilians) died in World War II?

60 million

What did Die Front der Frauen call on party women to do in 1943?

All of the above

1. Go to work

2. Commit themselves to Germany's victory

3. Serve as role models for all German women

4. Eavesdrop on other women

After which battle did Hitler take over as Supreme Commander of the Army?

Moscow

What did the secret clause of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact of August 1939 state?

That Germany & the USSR would divide up Poland

In which camp was Newman incarcerated in 1944-1945?

All of the above

1. Ravensbrück

2. Grossrosen

3. Taucha

4. Auschwitz-Birkenau

After invading Poland, what did Germany do with the northwestern regions of Poland?

Annexed them

What did Hitler do on 30 April 1945?

Committed suicide

In which occupation sector did Finell live?

Soviet

According to Sala Pawlowicz, who sexually assaulted her?

A Volksdeutscher

Why did the USA's plans for comprehensive de-Nazification of Germany after the War fall through?

Because the USA now feared communism more than Nazism

What did Britain do on 3 September 1939?

Declared war on Germany

What did occupation authorities force Finell to do?

Clear rubble

By 1936, who was imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp (i.e., forced labor prison)?

All of the above

When did military leaders attempt to assassinate Hitler?

July 1944

What was the outcome of the Wannsee Conference of January 1942?

All of the above

In his Sportpalast speech in February 1943, what did Joseph Goebbels say?

All of the above

We are currently going through harsh military difficulties in the East

1. Stalingrad was and is the great call of destiny to the German nation

2. We see victory ready to grasp in front of us

3. If the German Wehrmacht were not able to destroy the danger from the East, the Reich and shortly thereafter all of Europe would fall to Bolshevism

Approximately how many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust?

6 million

Who raped Finell's mother's friend, Ceclia?

German Soldiers

How long did it take for Germany to defeat France?

None of the above

What international agreement was an example of appeasement?

Munich Agreement

How did the “First Regulation to the Reich Citizenship Law" define a Jew?

As a person descended from at least 3 grandparents

Returning from forced labor at Auschwitz-Birkenau, what was Newman surprised to see at the camp gate?

A group of musicians playing music

After the War, what did Karin's girlfriend Siegfried do?

Got an abortion

Prior to its war with Germany, what land had the USSR taken over?

All of the above

Which country was the first to liberate a German camp or killing center?

USSR

What did the "Commissar Decree" state?

That troops were not to abide by international law

What was Operation Barbarossa?

None of the above

Which country fell to Germany in spring 1940?

All of the above

What characterized Hitler's military strategy after Germany's defeat at the Battle Stalingrad (Feburary 1943)?

No surrender

In his “Directive for Operation Barbarossa,” what did Hitler order in regard to the invasion of the USSR?

All the above

In which month did Nazi Germany begin to attack Britain?

August 1940

Which of the following resulted from Germany's annexation of Austria?

Severe persecution of Austrian Jews began immediately

In his troop order on 10 October 1941, what did Field Marshal Walter von Reichenau order the Wehrmacht to do?

To destroy Bolshevism

How many Axis forced invaded the USSR?

4 million

Other than the country of Germany, where did people who consider themselves to be ethnic Germans live?

Poland

During the 1930s, what was the Third Reich's main foreign policy objective

To challenge the Versailles Treaty

What was decided at the Munich Conference?

None of the above

In interwar Europe, approximately how many Jews lived in Poland?

3 million

Who was the Third Reich’s Propaganda Minister?

Joseph Goebbels

In March 1939, what did the President of Czechoslovakia agree to?

None of the above

When did Germany invade Poland?

None of the above

How did the German public react to Goebbels' declaration of "Total War" in February 1943?

They widely supported the "Total War" campaign

According to Kurt Gerstein, what did the Nazi State ask of him?

To create a quick and toxic gas

At Hitler's peak of power in summer 1940, approximately how much of Europe did Germany rule over?

50%

Immediately after Germany began its invasion of Poland, what did the friends of Finell's mother say?

That her mother would end up in jail for speaking out against the government

What did the Allies decide at the Casablanca Conference?

All the above

• To not harm German civilians

• To accept nothing less than Germany's unconditional surrender

• To coordinate a strategic bombing campaign on Germany

• To punish Germany's leaders

Whom did the Nazi State view as its racial enemy?

All of the above

• Jews

• Communists

• Ethnic Poles

• Romani

What did Kurt Gerstein do in Treblinka?

Attended a banquet

In February 1945, where was Finell's father?

None of the above

What did Helga, Finell's friend, take from Finell?

None of the above

From whom did Finell and Erich try to steal apples?

None of the above

In which country was Finell's grandmother (Omi) born? This refers to her paternal grandmother, not her maternal grandmother.

Estonia

Where did Finell's uncle Will live?

Danzig

Why did Newman not leave for England in 1939?

Because she didn't want to abandon her mother