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State of deception : the power of Nazi propaganda.

Contributor(s): Bachrach, Susan D, 1948- | Phillips, Edward J | Luckert, Steven | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Washington, D.C. : New York : United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ; Distributed by W.W. Norton, [2009]Description: xi, 194 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780890471432; 0890471436; 9780896047143; 0896047148.Other title: Power of Nazi propaganda | Nazi propaganda.Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda -- Exhibitions | Propaganda, German -- Exhibitions | Nazi propaganda -- Germany -- Exhibitions | National socialism and art -- Exhibitions | National socialism and motion picturesDDC classification: 940.5488
Contents:
Introduction -- Propaganda for votes and power 1919-1933 -- Power and persuasion in the racial state 1933-1939 -- Propaganda for war and mass murder 1939-1945 -- Propaganda on trial 1945-present -- Afterword.
Production Credits: [Authors] : Steven Luckert and Susan Bachrach ; Project director, Susan Backrach ; Editor, Edward Phillips.
Summary: From the publisher. Propaganda, Adolf Hitler wrote in 1924, is a truly terrible weapon in the hands of an expert. State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda documents how, in the 1920s and 1930s, the Nazi Party used posters, newspapers, rallies, and the new technologies of radio and film to sway millions with its vision for a new Germany-reinforced by fear-mongering images of state enemies. These images promoted indifference toward the suffering of neighbors, disguised the regime's genocidal actions, and insidiously incited ordinary people to carry out or tolerate mass violence. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is addressing this topic today because, in an age of instant electronic communication, disseminators of messages and images of intolerance and hate have new tools, while at the same time consumers seem less able to cope with the vast amounts of unmediated information bombarding them daily. It is hoped that a deeper understanding of the complexities of the past may help us respond more effectively to today's propaganda campaigns and biased messages.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A history of Nazi propaganda based on never-before-publishedposters, rare photographs, and historical artifacts from theUSHMM's groundbreaking exhibition.

"Propaganda," Adolf Hitler wrote in 1924, "is a truly terribleweapon in the hands of an expert." State of Deception: The Powerof Nazi Propaganda documents how, in the 1920s and 1930s, theNazi Party used posters, newspapers, rallies, and the newtechnologies of radio and film to sway millions with its vision fora new Germany -- reinforced by fear-mongering images of state"enemies." These images promoted indifference toward the sufferingof neighbors, disguised the regime's genocidal actions, andinsidiously incited ordinary people to carry out or tolerate massviolence.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is addressing thistopic today because, in an age of instant electronic communication,disseminators of messages and images of intolerance and hate havenew tools, while at the same time consumers seem less able to copewith the vast amounts of unmediated information bombarding themdaily. It is hoped that a deeper understanding of the complexitiesof the past may help us respond more effectively to today'spropaganda campaigns and biased messages.

Over 230 illustrations.

Project director: Susan Backrach, Editor: Edward Phillips--T.p. verso.

Curator: Steven Luckert--P. xi.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2009-Oct. 2011--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-183) and index.

Introduction -- Propaganda for votes and power 1919-1933 -- Power and persuasion in the racial state 1933-1939 -- Propaganda for war and mass murder 1939-1945 -- Propaganda on trial 1945-present -- Afterword.

[Authors] : Steven Luckert and Susan Bachrach ; Project director, Susan Backrach ; Editor, Edward Phillips.

From the publisher. Propaganda, Adolf Hitler wrote in 1924, is a truly terrible weapon in the hands of an expert. State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda documents how, in the 1920s and 1930s, the Nazi Party used posters, newspapers, rallies, and the new technologies of radio and film to sway millions with its vision for a new Germany-reinforced by fear-mongering images of state enemies. These images promoted indifference toward the suffering of neighbors, disguised the regime's genocidal actions, and insidiously incited ordinary people to carry out or tolerate mass violence. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is addressing this topic today because, in an age of instant electronic communication, disseminators of messages and images of intolerance and hate have new tools, while at the same time consumers seem less able to cope with the vast amounts of unmediated information bombarding them daily. It is hoped that a deeper understanding of the complexities of the past may help us respond more effectively to today's propaganda campaigns and biased messages.