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To: TLBSHOW
Very good article. It should be required reading in all high school history classes, not to mention colleges.

But don't hold your breath this sham will be uncovered and rectified. Too many people have too much at stake in the deception to allow that to happen.

48 posted on 02/18/2002 3:25:38 PM PST by Gritty
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To: Gritty;First_Salute
Very good article. It should be required reading in all high school history classes, not to mention colleges.

Better yet, let the the little kiddies experience first hand just how "different" they are than the "good Germans".

The Wave, a real-life experiment in Nationalizing Socialism, conducted by Ron Jones, conducted at Palo Alto High School in 1967.

The Wave is based on the real experience of a high school class in Palo Alto, CA (USA), in April 1967. History teacher Ron Jones came up with a seemingly innocent classroom experiment to explain his students why in the 1930's and 40's many (young) Germans were so under the spell of Adolf Hitler that they allowed or even helped the systematic murdering of millions of innocent Jews.

The experiment was successful beyond expectation: after only a few weeks, a movement called 'The Wave' had been founded, whose members at first sought for community-feeling and a healthy working-discipline, but soon after started to see the movement and it's mysterious leader as purposes in themselves. Those opposing the movement became enemies, life-long friends were seperated from each other. Worse still, criticism was met with aggression and intimidation.

For some time, it seemed that Jones had lost control of his experiment, and was caught in it's momentum himself. Finally, he ended the nightmare by confronting the students with their leader, the man they had been following with such vigour. Many cried and all were shocked when they learned that it was Hitler, or Mussolini, or any other dictator responsible for many deaths....


143 posted on 02/21/2002 2:15:47 PM PST by snopercod
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