The Third Wave: How a Teacher Accidentally Created a Fascist Movement in 5 Days

Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In April 1967, a high school history teacher in Palo Alto, California, faced a difficult question from his students:

“How could the German people claim they didn’t know about the Holocaust?”

Ron Jones didn’t have a good answer. So he decided to show them.

What started as a simple classroom demonstration became a terrifying social experiment.

In just five days, Jones created a fascist movement so powerful that students were willing to betray their friends, enforce strict rules, and commit acts of violence-all in the name of the group.

Conformity on Rafiul Alam

The Third Wave: How a Teacher Accidentally Created a Fascist Movement in 5 Days