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4. Germany’s ‘genocidal war’ was against which of the following people?
(a) Jews and political opponents
(b) Gypsies and Polish civilians
(c) Germans who were considered mentally and physically disabled
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(d) All the above
Ans. (d) All the above
5. Against which of these countries had Germany fought during World War I (1914-1918)?
(a) England (b) France
(c) Russia (d) All the above
Ans. (d) All the above

6. Which of the following bodies was set up to try and prosecute the Nazi war criminals at
the end of World War II?
(a) International Military Tribunal (b) British Military Tribunal
(c) Allied Military Tribunal (d) Allied Judicial Court
Ans. (a) International Military Tribunal

7. Hitler’s world view, which was also the Nazi ideology, was
(a) There was no equality between people, only a racial hierarchy
(b) The blond, blue-eyed, Nordic German Aryans were at the top and Jews at the bottom.
The coloured people were placed in between
(c) Jews were the anti-race, the arch enemies of the Aryans
(d) All the above
Ans. (d) All the above
8. Which of the following was a special surveillance and security force created by Hitler?
(a) Regular police force in green uniform and stormtroopers
(b) Gestapo (secret state police), the SS (the protection squads)
(c) Criminal police (SD), the security service
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Ans. (d) Both (b) and (c)
9. Why did Helmuth’s father kill himself in the spring of 1945?
(a) He was depressed by Germany’s defeat in Second World War
(b) He feared that common people would mishandle him and his family
(c) He feared revenge by the Allied Powers
(d) He wanted to die because of the crimes he had committed during Nazi rule
Ans. (c) He feared revenge by the Allied Powers

10. What was Hitler’s historic blunder and why?
(a) Attack on Soviet Union in 1941 was a historic blunder by Hitler
(b) He exposed his western front to British aerial bombing
(c) The Soviet Red Army inflicted a crushing and humiliating defeat on Germany at
Stalingrad
(d) All the above
Ans. (d) All the above

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