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    Title

  • Star of David badge, Netherlands

  • Physical Description

    1 fabric star : cloth ; 4" x 3 5/8" ; 11 x 10 cm

  • Summary

    The Yellow Star is a Star of David with "Jood" in the center in black and a printed black outline of a star around "Jood". It is backed by a piece of beige fabric with a hole cut out in the center. It was worn in Holland in Hooghalen, Netherlands.

  • Subject

    Holocaust survivors, Germany; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Star of David badges, 1933-1945

  • Genre

    Identifying artifacts

  • Medium

    Accessories; Objects

  • Part Of

    Arthur Sommerfeld family collection, AR 1983

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Biographical/Historical Information

Badges were identifiers that Jews were ordered to wear in Nazi German-occupied areas beginning in 1939. Depending on the area, it took the form of an armband or a patch and used local terminology for the word "Jew".

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Citation

Star of David badge, Netherlands, Leo Baeck Institute, 2006.171.