14.1.09

The Wave



"When in 1967, a history teacher decided to use an unusual experiment to teach his students about the Nazis the results were shocking"



The German film The Wave has just been released on DVD. This film is based on an 'experiment' conducted by an American teacher in 1967. The link below is to a short article on the film and the 1967 'experiment'.

Learning Lessons about Nazi Hate

Link to the official website of The Wave with a better trailer and some information on the original 'experiment' on social conformity.

The video below is the first part of a 1981 American version of the wave:

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