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I think the Holocaust would be worse.
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One cannot quantify or compare suffering.
One also has to remember that slavery is still on-going today, there has never been a time in human history without slavery.
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The comparison may be fashionable in some quarters, but it is a false comparison: both caused appalling suffering but were different (See previous answer).
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 9y agoThis is an "apples-to-Oranges" comparison. They aren't really comparable.
The Holocaust involved a short-lived (but highly efficient) attempt to exterminate a group of individuals (primarily Jews) in Europe. Roughly half of all European Jews (about 6 million) were killed in 4 years, and the greater portion of Eastern European Jewish culture was wiped out.
Slavery (in particular, the trans-Atlantic slave trade) covers several hundred years and involved far larger numbers of individuals, with much longer-term socio-economic affects. Somewhere between 12 and 15 million Africans were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to North and South American from the 16th to 19th century, with about 15% dying en-route. The effects on the African nations were generally little (as slaves were either sold to European traders by their compatriots, or already slaves of European colonists), but the suffering of the slaves themselves immense, uprooting entire villages and families and destroying them for shipment, let alone the ramifications of turning free people into property.
Overall, there's no real way to compare the two, as they are significantly different in too many ways. Let's just say they were both horrible.
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Did the holocaust and slavery kill the same amount of people?
There was a lot of slavery in the Holocaust. But slavery has been around for thousands of years and it is still ongoing, so it depends uopn how you which to count.
How did the Holocaust effect slavery?
the holocaust really didn't effect slavery and besides slavery was before the holocaust......wow wiki answers is not accurate for all you people looking at this...sry but it isn't.While the Holocaust took place way after slavery was established in most countries, it did not effect slavery unless you count that concentration camps, it was either work for free under harsh conditions, or die, so the prisoners were actually slaves if you think about it.
Was the Holocaust before the Middle Ages?
Kept captive and forced to work. Slavery was part of the Holocaust, but the Holocaust was not part of slavery. Slavery has been around for thousands of years, it has been part of most cultures, and all of the larger ones. The Holocaust lasted only a few years and affected only Europe and only a few generations.
What is worse than the Holocaust?
In my opinion, the holocaust was the worst ever, but if u want me to go worse, how about the black plague? It killed about 1/3 of Europe's population! Search it on google for more info.
Where was The Holocaust taken?
The Holocaust started in Germany but spread to other areas that the Germans controlled.
What happened to the people that did not stop the holocaust?
Same as what happened to the slaves who did not stop slavery in the States, only much worse.
Did the holocaust and slavery kill the same amount of people?
There was a lot of slavery in the Holocaust. But slavery has been around for thousands of years and it is still ongoing, so it depends uopn how you which to count.
Sexaul slavery happen to Jews in the holocaust?
no
How did the Holocaust effect slavery?
the holocaust really didn't effect slavery and besides slavery was before the holocaust......wow wiki answers is not accurate for all you people looking at this...sry but it isn't.While the Holocaust took place way after slavery was established in most countries, it did not effect slavery unless you count that concentration camps, it was either work for free under harsh conditions, or die, so the prisoners were actually slaves if you think about it.
Was the Holocaust before the Middle Ages?
Kept captive and forced to work. Slavery was part of the Holocaust, but the Holocaust was not part of slavery. Slavery has been around for thousands of years, it has been part of most cultures, and all of the larger ones. The Holocaust lasted only a few years and affected only Europe and only a few generations.
What is worse than slamming your finger in a car door?
the holocaust
What was worse. the Jewish holocaust or the Irish potato famine?
personally, i think the potato famine was absolutely worse than the Jewish holocaust.... the potato famine killed a million irish people.
Where is child slavery at its worse in the US?
Virgina
What is worse than the Holocaust?
In my opinion, the holocaust was the worst ever, but if u want me to go worse, how about the black plague? It killed about 1/3 of Europe's population! Search it on google for more info.
What is worse than a worm in your apple?
The Holocaust.
What do the Holocaust and slavery have in common?
they are both regrettable episodes in human history
How was slavery trad smaller than the holocaust?
It was not smaller. Slavery has been going on for thousands of years. Owning people was common and a sign of status well into the 1600s. It has been illegal in most western countries since the start of the ninteenth century and in the US a few generations later. But slavery still exists, but in other and in some cases much worse forms.
