British Caribbean Slavery and the Holocaust in Germany and Occupied Europe—A Comparison

This chapter investigates the mechanics of differential racial incorporation and shows the similarities in both regimes. Differential incorporation in the British Caribbean lead to social inclusion at the end of slavery, while in Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe, the outcome was exclusion and elimination. Caribbean slavery and the Holocaust form parallel cases when it comes to intentionality to target and kill the victims, with both race and religion playing a part in persecution and death. British Caribbean slavery and the Holocaust are assessed as crimes against humanity and genocide, where differential incorporation by race and ethnicity, based on the suppression of human rights, lead to elimination of the victims.