Question

1. read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.

we have seen something here that overpowers the death of anyone back home. we have seen what can be called the living dead. moving up into a new position we came across a prison camp. . . . we went out to see what a concentration camp looked like. . . . as we entered the camp the first thing we saw was the burned down buildings, but a little farther on we got the shock of our lives.
--aaron a. eiferman, member of the u.s. 12th armored division, letter to his wife, april 27, 1945
which action did the allied powers take in response to what was described in this letter?
∘ charged nazi officials with war crimes in the nuremberg trials
∘ began a bombing campaign to destroy key military bases
∘ imposed economic sanctions on germany
∘ permitted nazi officials to leave the country
clear all

Explanation:

The excerpt describes the discovery of a concentration camp by a U.S. soldier, showing the horrors of Nazi atrocities. After WWII, the Allied powers held the Nuremberg trials to charge Nazi officials with war crimes for such atrocities. The other options: bombing campaigns were during the war (not post - discovery of camps), economic sanctions were pre - war or during, and permitting Nazis to leave is incorrect.

Answer:

A. Charged Nazi officials with war crimes in the Nuremberg trials