The prisoners came to accept their values including their German nationalism and anti-Semitism.
Some even altered their uniforms to resemble those of the guards, and they slavishly followed orders beyond necessity.

Attempts at resistance were very rare, and, when the liberating American forces arrived at the end of the war, they were surprised that there was not some attempt at mass revenge.
In comparison, the African who became an American slave underwent an experience which had some marked similarities to those of the German concentration camp.

He too underwent a kind of shock procurement.
Although millions of men became slaves, the event was unique to each man.
Usually, he had been captured in the course of warfare which, in itself, was a humiliation.

After being chained together and marched to the coast, his horror must have increased when he realized that he was being sold to Europeans.

It was widely believed by Africans that white men were cannibals.