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Rachel and Joseph Chasid, a Jewish couple, pose for a photograph in Salonika (Thessaloniki) in German-occupied Greece. They are wearing the compulsory yellow Star of David badges on their clothing. German occupation authorities mandated this badge in Salonika in February 1943. Just over a month later, the Germans began deporting Salonika's Jewish population to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where most were murdered in the gas chambers upon arrival. The fate of the Chasids is unknown.
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