Which of the Following Was the First Major Effort by the Nazis

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was the first major effort by the Nazis to "cleanse" conquered territories of "undesirable" populations?

• A) the military occupation and punitive massacres in the Warsaw Ghetto
• B) the use of carpet-bombing of civilian areas used to corral targeted populations
• C) the use of Einsatzgruppen in eastern Europe to "pacify" conquered areas by massacring the Jewish and Gypsy populations of entire towns and regions
• D) the use of concentration camps specifically designed for the mass murder of prisoners they contained
• E) the use of death squads in western Europe to eliminate communists and labor leaders after France surrendered

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