Wednesday, May 13, 2009

The Wave

Some twenty years ago I saw a film called "The Wave" for the first time.

It is about an American teacher Ron Jones.

He ran an experiment with his students. In the experiment he showed how avarage normal students, can adopt Nazi theories in an innocent way, without realising it.

The experiment is actually an answer to the question, how could the Holocaust happen and how did it start.

The way Ron Jones handled the material was a problematic one, as he actually showed his students, how far they could go and what could have happened if he hadn't stopped the process.


It teaches us an important lesson: when you see injustice - do something, raise your voice and don't stand aside.

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