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.

"This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition State of deception: the power of Nazi propaganda at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C., January 2009-October 2011"--T.p. verso.