Compulsory Identity Badge

Compulsory Identity Badge (France).jpg
Compulsory Identity Badge Back (France).jpg

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Title

Compulsory Identity Badge

Subject

France, c. 1930s-40s

Description

By May 1942, the German military commander in France ordered all Jews over 6 to wear a yellow star. The star, about the size of a person's palm, had the inscription, Juif ("Jew" in French). Monique did not wear the identity badge because she hid with her sister Simone, grandmother, and aunt.

Creator

Purchased by Temple Emanu-El's/Temple Sinai's Holocaust Remembrance Center