The Milgram Experiment of the 1960s was designed to ascertain why so many Germans decided to support the Nazi cause. It was trying to determine whether people would be willing to contradict their conscience if someone commanded them to do so. This was done with a psychologist ordering a teacher to administer an electric shock to a student every time a question was answered incorrectly. The results of the Milgram experiment help explain why so many men in Nazi Germany were recruited to support the Nazi cause and serve as a warning against the use of “enhanced interrogation” techniques by the U.S. government. The Milgram Experiment was designed and performed by social psychologist Stanley Milgram of Yale University in 1961. Milgram created this experiment primarily to determine what would motivate Germans to comply so readily with the demands made by the Nazi Party. Milgram wanted to answer his question: “Is it possible that Eichmann and his million accomplices in the Holocaust were simply following orders? Could we call them all accomplices?” (McLeod). At the time of these experiments, the debate on the Nuremberg trials, in particular the one against Adolf Eichmann, one of the main perpetrators of the Holocaust, was still ongoing. In these trials, many Nazi party officials and military officers were put on trial for committing “crimes against humanity.” Although some defendants pleaded guilty, others claimed they were innocent and had only followed orders given to them by a higher authority, Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, twelve of the defendants were sentenced to death, three to life imprisonment, four to approximately fifteen years of imprisonment, and three were acquitted ("The Nuremberg Trials"). .... the initial false identity of and promises to make Germany better. Milgram's experiment can be further extended to the use of “enhanced interrogations,” which can easily lead to insensitivity in the people conducting such interrogations. The Milgram experiment serves as a significant explanation for the Germans' cooperation with the Nazi Party and serves as a compelling warning for the future. Works Cited Bailey, Ronald. “Would you have been a Nazi?” January 6, 2009. Web. November 6, 2013.Cherry, Kendra. “Milgram's Obedience Experiment.” N.d. Web. November 6, 2013. Larson, Erik. In the garden of beasts. New York: Broadway Paperback, 2011. Print.McLeod, Saul. "The Milgram Experiment." 2007. Network. November 6, 2013. Ross, Brian and Richard Esposito. "Description of the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques." November 18, 2005. Web. November 6, 2013. "The Nuremberg Trials." Nd Web. 13 November. 2013.