LIBERATING THE FIRST NAZI CAMP

Which statement best identifies the central idea of the text?

• Jim Martin was horrified by the Nazi war crimes he saw at Ohrdruf, but was required to move on abruptly to continue his service.

• There are many similarities between the tactics used in WWII and the Iraq War.

• After finding the Ohrdruf concentration camp, Jim Martin and his team needed to take a break from the war to recover from the horror they encountered.

• Ohrdruf is the most devastating concentration camp from WWII, and Eisenhower’s visit to the camp testifies to that fact.

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Which quote best supports the answer to question #1?

• “...my jeep had a big iron bar welded right in front of it with a hook on it because the Germans had been stretching wire across the road, and that was to protect us.” (Paragraph 15)

• “I looked around, and I saw the sergeants, and they were having the same experience with the others.” (Paragraph 19)

• “...there was a crowd of officers and men from the corps and the division there, and they were told — we were told that Eisenhower was coming...” (Paragraph 27)

• “...we went to two or three other towns, brought truckloads of civilians and let them dig in graves, and all of a sudden the colonel called and said, we’re leaving.” (Paragraph 29)

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How does paragraph 25 contribute to the development of ideas in the text?

• It depicts Jim Martin as a strong soldier in the face of this tragedy and deserving of Americans’ highest praise.

• It shows how stingy the U.S. soldiers were, as they wouldn’t share their rations despite the suffering of those around them.

• It emphasizes the poor condition of the survivors of the camp and how the American soldiers needed to be exceedingly careful when treating the survivors.

• It gives an example of how the conditions of concentration camps were exaggerated and how the vast number of prisoners survived.

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Which section from paragraph 25 best supports the answer to question #3?

• “I had hollered that we were Americans, and so they were all joyous that the Americans were there...”

• “I said, Sergeant Kerr, take the jeep and go back to Ohrdruf, and you get that mayor, and you tell him to get every man, woman, and child in that town with a bucket and a dipper and come here immediately.”

• “...when I called my colonel on the radio and described it, his first remarks were, I can’t believe it.”

• “Don’t give them any food. Their bodies won’t handle it. We’re going to have to find something that they can eat.”

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