Brainwashing could be explained by two opposing claims: first, by social traditions that have fallen victim to authoritarian regimes, and second, by political opponents responding to certain fiascos that contradict their religious and political beliefs. beliefs by claiming that their citizens are victims of brainwashing or thought reform. The reasons why brainwashing is an inaccurate term is that prisoners of war tend to claim to have been brainwashed in order to avoid being held responsible for revealing confidential information. No scientific experiment has found evidence to measure how brainwashing is carried out and many people could. Therefore, many scientists argue that studies on brainwashing are worthless because it is a propaganda technique used by powerful state leaders to manipulate and control citizens under their authority. We compare today's Germany to Nazi Germany (1932-45). Although Germans' personal lives were completely controlled under Hitler's regime, today they have fully recovered into a democratic and peace-loving state. There are many reasons to believe that, first, many Germans perceive the Holocaust and the Hitler era as a disgrace to the German nation. “The Holocaust fills us with shame,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel. After 1945, Germany managed to overcome the terror of Nazi control and accept the return of approximately 190,000 Jews to Germany. Second, Germany's continued support for the formation of the State of Israel (by aiding its economy and military strength) analyzes that brainwashing is only a temporary technique that, over time, disappears , according to Kathleen Taylor, "a state that expects its citizens to be politically sophisticated, ...... middle of paper ...... such as persuasion, influence, propaganda that affects a certain individual or a certain group is only defined by the psychologist as free will. The following essay nevertheless concludes that the real victims of mind control are those who were exposed to unethical experiments during authoritarian regimes and the Cold War period. Works Cited Bowart, W. (1978). Mind control operation. United States: Dell Publication Co., Inc. Merkel, A. (March 18, 2008). Merkel acknowledges Germany's "shame over the Holocaust." CNN. Retrieved from http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/18/germany.israel/Persinger, M.A. (1938). Religious and mystical experiences as artifacts of temporal lobe functioning: a general hypothesis. Percept Mot Skills, 57 (3 Pt 2), 1255-62http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6664802Taylor, K. (2004). Brainwashing. University of Oxford: Oxford University Press.