Die Welle -- 2 Films

Novel by Todd Strasser (originally penned under pseudonym, Morton Rhue)

The original Film  (1981) was based on the real experience of a high school class in Palo Alto, CA in April 1967, whose teacher wanted to explain the rise of the Nazi party to his students.



Some of you have seen the more recent German film in history class, which incorporates several more conflicts.  Here are the first 8 minutes of that version, with Turkish subtitles:

Die Welle --

The Wave, is a book by Morton Rhue, read by most all German pupils in school.  When read in middle school, they read the German translation, Die Welle.

HERE is the original film in English after the original book.  It has meanwhile been filmed several times.



"How could you kill millions of people with nobody noticing??"