Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The badge was worn by Peter Fischer in Germany.
- Date
-
use:
approximately 1939
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Fischer
- Markings
- front, center, black ink : Jude [Jew]
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Identifying Artifacts
- Category
-
Badges
- Object Type
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Star of David badges (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Yellow cloth badge in the shape of a 6 pointed Star of David. The star outline is formed from 2 overlapping, dyed triangles and has German text in the center.
- Materials
- overall : cloth, dye, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Peter Fischer.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:28:23
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn511378
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Also in Peter Fischer collection
The collection consists of manuscript material and three-dimensional objects relating to Peter Fischer and is wife, Gertrude Adler's, experiences in concentration camps in Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Poland during the Holocaust and after liberation.
Date: 1939-1945
Prisoner identification patch
Object
The badge was worn by Gertrude Adler donor's wife in the Allendorf concentration camp munitions factory.
Peter Fischer papers
Document
Consists of a letter from Peter Fischer in a Sachsenhausen subcamp to Otto Schönshal in Gaya, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic); an identification card issued to the donor in Brno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic); and an identification certificate issued to Gertrude Adler, the donor's wife, by the Allied Expeditionary Force.
