The correct answer is C. The Americans were appalled at what they saw and sought to punish the guards and German civilians who failed to act.
The Holocaust is the name of the genocide done by Germany during the Adolf Hitler regime during World War II. The murders mainly took place in concentration camps established in different countries of Europe occupied by Germany. The Nazi concentration camps were places of confinement in which prisoners were forced to labor, and in some cases, they were killed in different ways.
Once the United States reached the concentration camps, they had a feeling of horror due to the inhuman conditions in which the prisoners were and the cruel ways in which they were killed.
In particular, the United States, upon emerging victorious from this war, wanted to punish the soldiers and high command of the Nazi army. Likewise, they argue that the civilians who never reported these inhumane behaviors were accomplices, so they were brought to justice to pay for their complicity.
So the correct answer is C. The Americans were appalled at what they saw and sought to punish the guards and German civilians who failed to act.
