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A chart of prisoner markings used in German concentration camps. [LCID: 29013]
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Badges

During the Holocaust (1933-1945), the Nazis implemented a badge system to mark Jews in the Third Reich and beyond. Later, in concentration camps, a similar system was implemented to identify members of persecuted groups, such as “asocials,” men accused of homosexuality, and political prisoners. Explore more content related to badges that were mandated during the Holocaust. 

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A small child stands next to another young child in a pram, or stroller. The standing child has short dark hair and light skin tone and is wearing a heavy coat. Pinned on their lapel is a badge with the six pointed Star of David and the letter Z.
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A child wears the compulsory Jewish badge
Jewish women wearing the required yellow badges. Paris, France, June 8, 1942. [LCID: 06660]
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A group of Jewish women in Paris
The cropped image of a young boy standing against the corner of a stone wall. The young boy wears a dark cap and jacket. On the left pocket of the jacket is a large six-pointed star, the Star of David, with the word “Jude” in the center. Only the top right half of the boy can be seen in this photograph.
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A Jewish boy wearing the compulsory Star of David
A Jewish child wears the compulsory Star of David badge with the letter "Z" for Zidov, the Croatian word for Jew. [LCID: 68289a]
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A Jewish child wears the compulsory Jewish badge
A young man in the Jewish quarter of Paris wears the mandatory Jewish badge. [LCID: 81039]
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A young man in Paris wearing the mandatory Jewish badge
Portrait of an elderly Jewish woman wearing a Jewish badge in the Olkusz ghetto. [LCID: 18614]
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An elderly Jewish woman wearing the compulsory Jewish badge
An emaciated woman with medium-length light hair and medium skin tone stands in front of a wall selling armbands with a six-pointed star. She is wearing a coat that has one of the bands around the end of the sleeve. She carries several that have already been sewn together in a loop in her left hand with more around her neck. She has several unsewn armbands hung from her waistband.
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An emaciated woman selling Star of David armbands
Three prisoners standing in line while in an open space. All three are wearing striped uniforms with identifying patches.
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Austrian prisoners in Dachau
German chart illustrating the seven different colors of prisoner patches as well as the meaning of special prisoner markings.
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Chart of Prisoner Markings
A large group of prisoners gather in rows in an open space outside. All the prisoners wear a striped uniform with a long sleeve button-up shirt and long pants, along with a light colored cap.
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Classification System in Nazi Concentration Camps
Media Essay
Classification System in Nazi Concentration Camps - Photograph
Joseph Levi, a pharmacist and the head of the Jewish community of Komotine, wearing the compulsory Jewish badge. [LCID: 79805]
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Compulsory Jewish badge in Greece
Edward Lessing [LCID: eln0523m]
Oral History
Edward Lessing describes wearing the compulsory Jewish badge.
An elderly Jewish woman wears the compulsory yellow badge in the Riga ghetto. [LCID: 72118]
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Elderly women in the Riga ghetto
Elsa Eisner, marked with a Jewish badge, walks down a street in Prague. [LCID: 04570]
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Elsa Eisner wearing the compulsory Jewish badge in Prague
German Jewish adults and children wearing compulsory Jewish badges are lined up against a building. [LCID: 11191]
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German Jewish adults and children wearing compulsory Jewish badges

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