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In
September 1941, Jews in the Third Reich areas were ordered to wear a
yellow badge, referred to as a “Jewish star” (Judenstern).
According to the order, issued two years after a similar requirement
was introduced among Polish Jews, all Jews aged 6 or over were to
wear, on the left side of their chest, a fist-sized yellow six-point
star bearing the inscription “Jude.” The Judenstern order
in the Reich and the areas annexed to it, as in every other
location, was but one of a series of anti-Jewish decrees, each
representing a general escalation in severity of the Jewish policy
applied.
At this
stage (September 1941), the marking of the Jews in Germany was
carried out in preparation for the “Final Solution.” Persons not
employed in enterprises of importance to the state economy were
placed under restrictions of movement that month, and were sent to
the East over the next few months. |
