propaganda, german

Looks at the horrific mistreatment of Jews in Nazi Germany, and examines the ways the Third Reich used propaganda to demonize and dehumanize its victims, turning the German nation against the Jewish people.

As the Minister for Propaganda and Culture, Joseph Goebbels shaped the German people’s perception of the Nazi Party, drumming up public support for anti-Semitism and the war effort through films, speeches, and restrictions on the press and other media. This biography covers his life and the progression of his career from a brilliant young student prejudiced against Jews to a powerful leader who worshipped Hitler and fervently supported the Holocaust. Goebbels’ legacy as a master of propaganda is explored, while sidebars include features on Holocaust remembrance events and the seventy-fifth anniversary of Kristallnacht.

From his strict Catholic childhood to his suicide, the life of Joseph Goebbels, the minister of Nazi propaganda.

Relates the life of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his role in formulating Hitler's policy of exterminating the Jewish people.

A social history of Hitler's rise to power that examines the societal causes and consequences of the Nazi policy during the Holocaust as well as the dynamic of the Nazi leadership and the attitudes and actions of German citizens as they witnessed the Jewish genocide.

Discusses the history of Nazi propaganda as depicted in posters, rare photographs, and historical artifacts never previously seen, covering how the Nazi Party used documents and new technologies to sway millions with its images of "state enemies" while promoting hatred and mass violence.

Investigates why the Nazi party was so attractive to some people, what kind of people it attracted most, and what methods of propaganda were most successful.

"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.