A Jewish badge of a Jew from Germany, Early 40s

A Jewish badge of a Jew from Germany, Early 40s

Yellow badge Star of David cloth with the inscription JUDE in the center. Germany, early 40s.

The yellow badge was imposed on German Jews in September 1941.

According the German Reich regulations, beginning in 1938, every Jew in occupied German territory was required to wear a yellow patch. The badge was usually in the font that looks like from an Ancient books. The patch had to be at least 10 cm, shaped in the form of a star of David, and have "Jude" written in the center. According to the instructions, the patch had to be worn over the garment on the left side of the chest, or on the upper right arm. Jews who forgot the patch when they went out into the street, or wore a patch which did not meet the instructions, were officially expected to receive fines or imprisonment. And executed without trial by immediate firing. 

In the diary of Mary Berg, "The Warsaw Ghetto, " she wrote that the Jews were especially careful to keep the armbands and the yellow patches in the clearest possible way, "Because the Germans are showing a special 'sensitivity' at this point, and when they see a Jew wearing a wrinkled or dirty armband, they beat him right away."

10x8 cm. Good condition.