Yellow Star (Child's)

Textile

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Name/Title

Yellow Star (Child's)

Entry/Object ID

5242A

Description

Small yellow badge worn by a Jewish child during the WWII era in Europe. The edges of frayed, indicating that this badge was likely haphazardly removed from the clothing.

Context

"On September 1, 1941, Reinhard Heydrich decreed that all Jews in the Reich six years of age or older were to wear a badge which consisted of a yellow Star of David on a black field to be worn on the chest, with the word "Jew" inscribed inside the star in German or in the local language. This applied to all German Jews and Jews in Germany's annexed territories: Alsace, Bohemia-Moravia and the Warthegau (the German-annexed territory of western Poland)." (USHMM)

Collection

Gifts, MMJH

Category

Badge

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1941

Time Period

WWII

Place

Continent

Europe

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Notes

The location of origin and the person who wore this is unknown.

Dimensions

Height

2-3/4 in

Width

2-3/4 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

Labeled Much of the paraphernalia of Nozi oppression was made by slave laborers in concentration camps. The yellow Star of David at right, for example, was sewn at Dachau, while the star in the center was never finished, presumably because its maker died before completing it. The smaller star at left was designed to be worn by a child. Courtesy Cathy and Scott Zeilinger Judaica Collection.