Nazi orders for Jews to wear a star were hateful, but far from unique – a historian traces the long history of antisemitic badges
During the Nazi occupation of France, he was nonetheless classified as a Jew and forced to wear the yellow star. In the prose ...
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From the Archive: The Star of David myth and the World War II rescue of Danish Jewry
This courageous rebuke of Nazi policies may have helped spur the creation of a myth that many still believe today, that Christian X wore a yellow Star of David during the war to identify with ...
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Newly discovered photos of Nazi deportations show Jewish victims as they were last seen alive
Many of these pictures in this series show a large, mixed age group of men and women wearing the yellow star – the notorious Nazi-mandated sign for Jews – gathering outside with bundles of their ...
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Holocaust survivor recalls mother’s encounter with Nazi
Her mother saved her life, tearing off her yellow star badge that Jews were required to wear and evading capture by bribing a Nazi with her wedding ring. “(It was) a freezing December ...
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Anti-vaxxers around the world are comparing themselves to Jews during the Holocaust. Can they be stopped?
“He doesn’t see it [as] a Nazi symbol,” Amar said regarding the yellow star. “He sees it [as] a symbol of the Jewish suffering, which is a big difference. In his mind, he’s not wearing ...