When defending the "final solution," Heinrich Himmler said, "We had the moral right, we had the duty towards our people, to destroy this people that wanted to destroy us." What did Himmler mean? Relate this passage to German nationalism. Why did the Germans decide on the "final solution" to the "Jewish question"?

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A. woman in the middle. B. cross-generational caregiver. C. tug-of-war caregiver. D. multiple role mother.

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In Zoroastrianism, what is the relationship between Ahura Mazda and humans?

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Which of the following was true of most Chesapeake families in the seventeenth-century?

a. They made most of their own clothes and farm implements. b. They did not spend much money on material possessions beyond the necessities. c. They lived luxurious lives of leisure. d. They had to import most of their food from England because they concentrated on growing cash crops.

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