Witnessing Hitler - State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

In this video, we take a critical, historical look at one of Adolf Hitler’s speeches to understand the techniques and propaganda strategies he used to influence the public in 1930s Germany. This analysis does not promote or praise hateful ideology. Instead, it examines the speech as a case study in how authoritarian movements use fear, scapegoating, emotional manipulation, and misinformation to gain power. By comparing these rhetorical tactics with patterns we see in modern political communicati