Yellow badge

Yellow star labeled *Juif*, the French term for *Jew*, that was worn during the Nazi occupation of France.

The yellow badge, also known as the yellow patch, the Jewish badge, or the yellow star (German: Judenstern, lit. 'Jew's star'), was an accessory that Jews were required to wear in certain non-Jewish societies throughout history. A Jew's ethno-religious identity, which would be denoted by the badge, would help to mark them as an outsider.^[1] Legislation that mandated Jewish subjects to wear such items has been documented in some Middle Eastern caliphates and in some European kingdoms during the medieval period and the early modern period. The most recent usage of yellow badges was during World War II, when Jews living in Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe were ordered to wear a yellow Star of David to keep their Jewish identity disclosed to the public in the years leading up to the Holocaust.

^ D'Ancona, Jacob (2003). The City of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years Before Marco Polo. Translated by Selbourne, David. New York: Citadel Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0-8065-2463-4. But the wearing of a badge or outward sign – whose effect, intended or otherwise, successful or not, was to shame and to make vulnerable as well as to distinguish the wearer – was one thing.

[1] D'Ancona, Jacob (2003). The City of Light: The Hidden Journal of the Man Who Entered China Four Years Before Marco Polo. Translated by Selbourne, David. New York: Citadel Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0-8065-2463-4. But the wearing of a badge or outward sign – whose effect, intended or otherwise, successful or not, was to shame and to make vulnerable as well as to distinguish the wearer – was one thing.

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