The passage below contains testimony from the commander of auschwitz, given at a war crimes trial in 1946. dr. kaufmann: is it furthermore true that eichmann stated to you that in auschwitz a total sum of more than 2 million jews had been destroyed? höss: yes. dr. kaufmann: did you yourself ever feel pity with the victims, thinking of your own family and children? höss: yes. dr. kaufmann: how was it possible for you to carry out these actions in spite of this? höss: in view of all these doubts which i had, the only one and decisive argument was the strict order and the reason given for it by the reichsführer himmler. how did rudolf höss defend his actions to the court? he believed he was doing what was right for germany. he stated that the number of people killed by germans was exaggerated. he testified that he did not personally kill anyone. he said he was just following orders. d. he was just following orders

Following archduke franz ferdinand's assassination, austro-hungarian leaders: a. aided the ottoman empire in its campaign to keep serbia under its control. b. executed nearly all prominent serbs living in austria-hungary c. threatened to invade serbia if serb leaders did not agree to a set of strict demands. d.. formed an alliance with great britain to protect austria-hungary from future attacks.

Did the spanish settlers and missions have a positive effect on world history? why, what did they do that was positive? why was the treaty of paris (1763) good for the world/world history? did the plymouth colony have a positive effect on world history? why, what did they do that was positive?

"august 19th (1864)- how they quarreled and wrangled among themselves- alabama and mississippi, all were loud for joe johnston, save and except the long-haired, one-armed hero, who cried at the top of his voice: "oh! you all want to be kept in trenches and to go on retreating, eh? " "oh, if we had had a leader, such as stonewall (jackson), this war would have been over long ago! what we want is a leader! " shouted a (wounded man). they were awfully smashed-up, objects of misery, wounded, maimed, diseased. i was really upset, and came home ill. this kind of thing unnerves me quite." mary chestnut, a diary from dixie this entry from the diary of mary chestnut illustrates a) the lack of medical technology possessed by the confederacy. b) the military superiority of southern troops in the civil war. c) the effects of the emancipation proclamation on the southern economy and society. d) the loss of morale and confidence by the confederacy towards the end of the civil war.