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Historical dictionary of the Holocaust. Jack R. Fischel. 2014.
Badge, Jewish
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Yellow Star Of David Badge — The yellow badge, and less often the blue badge, was first introduced by the Germans in Lublin in November 1939 in order to readily identify Jews and to create a gulf between them and the rest of the population. The wearing of the Jewish badge … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
