This class will meet online on Thursdays, July 10 - August 7, 2025 from 6.30 - 8.00pm.

You will receive the Zoom Link as well as other information once the start of the class approaches.

Material

We will be reading Die Welle - der Roman zum Film by Reinhard Kunert. The book is available here. 

Die Welle (The Wave) is a 2008 novel based on the German language film by the same name. Set in modern-day Germany, the story incorporates themes set forth in the original text by Morton Rhue (pen name of Todd Strasser), based on the real-life “Third Wave” experiment conducted by a high school teacher in California in 1967. The book explores themes of authoritarianism, group dynamics, and the dangers of blindly following a leader.

“Ihr meint also, eine Diktatur wäre bei uns heute nicht mehr möglich?“

Im Rahmen einer Projektwoche entbrennt in der Gruppe des jungen Lehrers Rainer Wenger eine aufgeregte Diskussion. Die Schüler sind felsenfest davon überzeugt, dass sie auf diktatorische Ideologien wie im Dritten Reich niemals hereinfallen würden. Rainer Wenger setzt alles daran, seinen Schülern in einem Experiment das Gegenteil zu beweisen. Durch geschickte psychologische Manipulation will er sie zu willenlosen Befehlsempfängern machen. Das Experiment gerät außer Kontrolle…

During a project week, a heated discussion breaks out in the class of young teacher Rainer Wenger. The pupils are firmly convinced that they would never fall for dictatorial ideologies like those of the Third Reich. Rainer Wenger does everything he can to prove the opposite to his pupils in a social experiment. Through skillful psychological manipulation, he intends to turn them into mindless and loyal subjects. The experiment quickly grows out of control...

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Payment must be received within 15 minutes of registration to avoid cancelling your enrollment. Please contact languageschool@dankhaus.com with any questions.