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Other WWII War Criminals Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about the other WWII war criminals; namely those who guarded and ran the concentration camps. good Luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by beterave. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
beterave

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
336,417

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What fiendish device did SS Oberscharfuehrer Wilhelm Boger invent? Hint

the Boger swing

the Boger stand

the Boger slide

the Boger crawl

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Question 2 of 10

2. What did SS Unterscharfuhrer Oswald Kaduk do that shocked former colleagues and Holocaust deniers as early as 1959? Hint

admitted the Holocaust happened

stated that the Holocaust never happened

admitted to being Jewish

blamed the Allies for the Holocaust

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Question 3 of 10

3. In May 1942 Franz Stangl was appointed Commandant of Sobibor, but four months later he was promoted and made the commandant of another extermination camp. Which one? Hint

Auschwitz

Treblinka

Belzec

Chelmno

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the poison gas Zyklon B originally used for? Hint

to exterminate people

as an industrial cleaner

as a pesticide

as a defoliant

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was Commandant Joseph Kramer called by the inmates of Bergen-Belsen? Hint

the devil

the man

the miser

the beast

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Question 6 of 10

6. Upon learning she was sentenced to death for her crimes, how did Irma Grese respond? Hint

she was shocked

she was remorseful and cried

she was tried and acquitted

she was defiant

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Question 7 of 10

7. Ilse Koch was known as the 'beautiful beast'. What other name did the inmates of Buchenwald call her? Hint

a she devil

the demoness

a she wolf

the witch

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which concentration camp trials tried the most female defendants? Hint

Auschwitz

Ravensbrueck

Bergen-Belsen

Dachau

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Question 9 of 10

9. What were the last words uttered by SS female guard Juana Bormann before she was hanged? Hint

'I'm sorry'

'I have my feelings'

'Oh well'

'I'm innocent'

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Question 10 of 10

10. Seventy members of the Waffen SS were tried at the Dachau Trials. What were they being tried for? Hint

the Malmedy massacre

the Ardennes abbey massacre

murdering civilians while suppressing the Warsaw Uprising

various war crimes in the Soviet Union

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What fiendish device did SS Oberscharfuehrer Wilhelm Boger invent?

Answer: the Boger swing

Wilhelm Boger was the inventor of the notorious Boger swing which was used to torture helpless inmates at Auschwitz. The device suspended a prisoner by the crook of his knees, while Boger beat the inmate with a crowbar. He died in prison in 1977.

2. What did SS Unterscharfuhrer Oswald Kaduk do that shocked former colleagues and Holocaust deniers as early as 1959?

Answer: admitted the Holocaust happened

Oswald Kaduk openly discussed the actions of the SS inside Auschwitz and confirmed the events there as being factual and without dispute. The measure of his remorse is unknown, but he did not deny the events as being true. Later he also said: 'I do not consider these people [Holocaust deniers] normal. We have to stick to the truth.

There are people denying it, but what happened, happened, and it is not up for dispute'.

3. In May 1942 Franz Stangl was appointed Commandant of Sobibor, but four months later he was promoted and made the commandant of another extermination camp. Which one?

Answer: Treblinka

After the war SS-Obersturmf�hrer Franz Stangl escaped to Brazil using a 'ratline' and a Red Cross (!) passport, and lived in Sao Paulo. Despite the fact that he was living and working under his real name in Sao Paulo and was even registered with the Austrian consulate there, he was not extradited to Germany for trial till 1967.

He was convicted of crimes against humanity in 1970 and sentenced to life imprisonment but died of heart failure the following year in prison.

4. What was the poison gas Zyklon B originally used for?

Answer: as a pesticide

Zyklon B's original purpose was for use as a pesticide. Bruno Tesch, the supplier of the chemical, was tried after the war and sentenced to death.

5. What was Commandant Joseph Kramer called by the inmates of Bergen-Belsen?

Answer: the beast

Commandant Joseph Kramer was called the beast by the inmates of Bergen-Belsen. Like Rudolf Hoess of Auschwitz, he was tried and executed for the death of countless human beings.

6. Upon learning she was sentenced to death for her crimes, how did Irma Grese respond?

Answer: she was defiant

Irma Grese was defiant to the end and never renounced Nazism or showed any remorse for her actions. She was the youngest woman to be executed for crimes against humanity at the Belsen Trials - and also the youngest woman sentenced to death by any British court in the 20th century. (She was 22 at the time of her execution).

7. Ilse Koch was known as the 'beautiful beast'. What other name did the inmates of Buchenwald call her?

Answer: the witch

Ilse Koch was called 'die Hexe von Buchenwald' or the witch of Buchenwald. Her crimes were unspeakable. She later committed suicide while incarcerated.

8. Which concentration camp trials tried the most female defendants?

Answer: Ravensbrueck

The Ravensbrueck Trials tried the most female defendants. Out of thirty eight defendants, twenty one were female.

9. What were the last words uttered by SS female guard Juana Bormann before she was hanged?

Answer: 'I have my feelings'

Juanna Bormann's tearful last words were 'I have my feelings'. No one is quite sure what she meant by that because she certainly had no feelings for the people she killed or tortured while a guard at Bergen-Belsen.

10. Seventy members of the Waffen SS were tried at the Dachau Trials. What were they being tried for?

Answer: the Malmedy massacre

Seventy members of the Waffen SS were tried at the Dachau Trials for their part in the Malmedy massacre.

Source: Author beterave

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