The Milgram Experiment of the 1960s was intended to determine why so many Germans decided to support the Nazi cause. He sought to determine whether people would be willing to go against their conscience if ordered to do so by a person in authority. 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 state government -United. The Milgram experiment was designed and carried out. by social psychologist Stanley Milgram of Yale University in 1961. Milgram created this experiment primarily to determine what would have motivated Germans to so readily comply with the demands put forward by the Nazi Party. Milgram wanted to answer his question: “Could it be that Eichmann and his millions of accomplices in the Holocaust were only following orders? Can we treat them all as accomplices? (McLeod). At the time of these experiments, debates on the Nuremberg trials, in particular that of Adolf Eichmann, one of the main perpetrators of the Shoah, were still ongoing. During these trials, many Nazi party officials and military officers were tried 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 in prison, four to approximately fifteen years in prison, and three were acquitted ("The Nuremberg Trials").......mid paper.. .... the initial false personality and promises to make Germany better. Milgram's experiment can be extended to the use of "enhanced interrogations", which can easily lead to insensitivity in those conducting such interrogations. The Milgram experiment serves as a significant explanation for German cooperation with the Nazi Party and is a compelling warning for the future. Works CitedBailey, Ronald. “Would you have been a Nazi?” January 6, 2009. The web. November 6, 2013.Cherry, Kendra. “The Milgram Obedience Experiment.” Nd Web. November 6, 2013.Larson, Erik. In the garden of beasts. New York: Broadway Paperbacks, 2011. Print.McLeod, Saul. “The Milgram Experiment.” 2007. Internet. November 6, 2013. Ross, Brian and Richard Esposito. “Describes the CIA's harsh interrogation techniques.” November 18, 2005. The web. November 6, 2013. “The Nuremberg Trials.” Nd Web. November 13. 2013.