Episode 17. The Forge of Freedom – Were the Perpetrators of the Holocaust Just Following Orders?

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Episode 17. The Forge of Freedom – Were the Perpetrators of the Holocaust Just Following Orders? What is the Milgram Experiment?

In this episode, Alex Ooley discusses an experiment from the 1960s meant to determine why so many people fell in line to carry out the Holocaust. Were these individuals just following orders?

Resources:

"The Heist," a 2006 TV special by Derren Brown, features a reenactment of the Milgram experiment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heist_(Derren_Brown_special)

"Authority" is an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit inspired by the Milgram experiment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authority_(Law_%26_Order:_Special_Victims_Unit)

"Experimenter," a 2015 film about Milgram, by Michael Almereyda, was screened at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimenter_(film)

https://www.psy.miami.edu/_assets/pdf/rpo-articles/milgram-1963.pdf

https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html

https://store.mises.org/Politics-of-Obedience-P529.aspx

https://www.thoughtco.com/milgram-experiment-4176401

https://resources.saylor.org/wwwresources/archived/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/PSYCH202A-3.1.1-Milgram-experiment.pdf

https://www.uncp.edu/sites/default/files/2019-01/Milgrim%20Experiment%20Common%20Lit.pdf

https://mises.org/library/milgram-experiment-0

https://mises.org/library/milgram-experiment

https://mises.org/library/brighter-look-milgrams-obedience-study

https://www.simplypsychology.org/simplypsychology.org-milgram.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment