The first option. This is because it’s a direct quote from the german officers to them passengers, ergo, his opinions and thoughts. It also states the awful conditions they were put in, as well as a comparison to an animal.
The answer would a compound-complex sentence. :)
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A semicolon is most commonly used to link (in a single sentence) two independent clauses that are closely related in thought. When a semicolon is used to join two or more ideas (parts) in a sentence, those ideas are then given equal position or rank.
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