State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda

Book cover of State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda

Past Event

Thu, Mar 10 - Sun, Aug 21 2016

All Day

Central Library, Getty Gallery

About the Exhibit

Learning what propaganda is and how to counter it is essential in today’s information-saturated world. The special exhibition State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda, produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, explores how the Nazis used propaganda to win broad voter support in Germany, implement radical programs, and justify war and mass murder.

This most extreme case study emphasizes why the issue of propaganda matters and challenges citizens to actively question, analyze, and seek the truth.

This exhibit will be on display from March 10 through August 21, 2016, at the Central Library. The exhibit and related programs are free.

  • Historic photo of the denazification program in Germany
    The denazification program in Germany mandated the elimination of Nazi names from public squares, city streets, and other venues. US, Soviet, and British soldiers enthusiastically removed Nazi emblems and renamed public spaces. Krefeld, Germany, March 9, 1945.–National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD.
  • 1932 election poster shows the German worker, enlightened through National Socialism, towering over his opponents
    This July 1932 election poster shows the German worker, enlightened through National Socialism, towering over his opponents. It reads “We Workers Have Awakened. We’re Voting National Socialist.” –US Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Book cover of State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda
    The book cover of State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda, written by Museum curators Steven Luckert and Susan Bachrach. The cover image is from a poster for the 1933 film S.A. Mann Brand.–Kunstbibliothek Berlin/BPK, Berlin/Art Resource, New York
  • Hermann Otto Hoyer, In the Beginning Was the Word, ca. 1937
    Hermann Otto Hoyer, In the Beginning Was the Word, ca. 1937, German artist Hoyer depicted a quasi-messianic Hitler mesmerizing an audience with his oratory in the 1920s. The artwork’s title is from the opening line of the New Testament Gospel of John: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” This and 400 other Nazi-era artworks still considered politically charged remain in the U.S. Army’s custody today.–US Holocaust Memorial Museum/National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.

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