In 1943 a group of European exiles in Mexico City published El libro negro del terror nazi en Europa (The Black Book of Nazi Terror in Europe), a narrative of Nazi atrocities with print illustrations by members of the Taller de Gráfica Popular (People’s Print Workshop; TGP). Leopoldo Méndez created this disturbing rendering of state-sponsored violence for the book where it was published alongside an essay on the Secret State Police, or Gestapo. What might otherwise seem to be a general scene of torture is given specificity by the swastika-emblazoned patches on each tormentor’s sleeve. Two of the aggressors are captured mid-blow, while the figure on the left holds his weapon at his side. His is the only face we can see clearly, and his complete lack of emotion is telling: he is detached and indifferent to the suffering he inflicts.