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Negating an important aspect of reality that one may actuall…

Negating an important aspect of reality that one may actually perceive (a woman with anorexia nervosa acknowledges her actual weight and dieting practices but believes she is maintaining good self care by doing is so is an example of what kind of defense mechanism? 

The unit selected for this task would enter a village or cit…

The unit selected for this task would enter a village or city and order the prominent Jewish  citizens to call together all Jews for the purpose of resettlement. They were requested to hand  over their valuables to the leaders of the unit, and shortly before the execution to surrender their  outer clothing. The men, women, and children were led to a place of execution which in most  cases was located next to a more deeply excavated anti-tank ditch. Then they were shot,  kneeling or standing, and the corpses thrown into the ditch.  —Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, vol. 5, 1946  How does the action described in the passage above fit the definition of genocide?

To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of…

To those colonies and territories which as a consequence of the late war have ceased to be  under the sovereignty of the states which formerly governed them and which are inhabited by  peoples not yet able to stand by themselves under the strenuous conditions of the modern  world, there should be applied the principle that the well-being and development of such  peoples form a sacred trust of civilization and that securities for the performance of this trust  should be embodied in this Covenant.  —The Covenant of the League of Nations, Article 22 (1919)  Briefly explain how World War I contributed to the feature of international law referenced above.