Similarities Between Slavery And The Holocaust

The Holocaust was a terrible event that can often be compared to the horrific practice of slavery. Both events dealt with lowering human beings to a status of dehumanization. Slavery and the Holocaust created social and racial hierarchies that destroyed human rights and races as a whole. The Holocaust can be compared and contrasted to the events of slavery in the ways of power, death toll, and inhumane treatment of innocent people. The Holocaust was a state government and bureaucratic decision led by the head commander in chief, Adolf Hitler. The Holocaust resulted in the murder of millions of Jews by the Nazi party. The Nazis, under the command of Adolf Hitler, believed that the Germans were of a higher social class than the Jews and even the more superior race. The Jews were considered to be conflicting with and stalling the expansion desires of Adolf Hitler. The Jews
The slave trade was a business where individuals of non-black race would buy and sell African American people for profits. These African American people were shipped across the sea and had many struggles on this deathly boat ride. This is similar to how the Holocaust Jews were put on trains to transport them to concentration camps (Mak, 1999). The Jews and African American slaves were being transported to their death basically. Through these times of transportation, the hope of the people was being diminished, and Anne Frank’s Diary states that “I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you” (Frank, 2003). These prisoners and victims had to find the light and happiness that was still left in life during the hard times. The African Americans were enslaved in the Europe during the Capitalist era. They were forced to do grueling tasks such as working in the fields and working in mines for over 8 hours a day (Franklin,