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Star of David badge with Jude printed in the center

Object | Accession Number: 1991.117.2
1991.117.2 front Star of David badge with Jude printed in the center Click to enlarge

Issued to Ellen Wall in Frankfurt am Main, Germany before her deportation to Theresienstadt.

Geography
issue: Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Language
German
Classification
Identifying Artifacts
Category
Badges
Object Type
Star of David badges (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Ellen Wall

About This Object

Physical Description
Yellow cloth badge in the shape of a 6 pointed Star of David stitched to green felt backing. The star outline is formed from 2 overlapping, dyed triangles and has German text in the center.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 3.740 inches (9.5 cm) | Width: 3.070 inches (7.798 cm)
Materials
overall : cloth, dye, ink
Markings
front, center, black ink : Jude [Jew]
Contributor
Subject: Ellen Wall
Biography
Ellen Wall (1921-1995) was born Ellen Wertheimer in Frankfurt am Main to Max (1879-1965) and Betty (nee Stern, 1895-1971) Wertheimer. Max Wertheimer was imprisoned in Buchenwald for two weeks following Kristallnacht. On September 16, 1942, the Wertheimer family was deported to Theresienstadt, where they remained until its liberation in May 1945. They returned to Frankfurt in July and immigrated to the United States in May 1946 aboard the Marine Flasher, the first ship to sail from Europe to the United States under President Truman’s directive on Displaced Persons.

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The Star of David badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Ellen Wall.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:21:32
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Ellen Wall papers

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Document

The Ellen Wall papers include identification papers, passes, and ration card documenting the imprisonment of the Wertheimer family from Frankfurt am Main in Theresienstadt from 1942 to 1945 and maps, name lists, poems, and reports documenting the Theresienstadt concentration camp and its survivors. Biographical materials include identification cards, work cards, vaccination cards, passes, and ration cards documenting the imprisonment of Betty, Ellen, and Max Wertheimer in Theresienstadt form 1942 to 1945. Theresienstadt materials include a name list of Theresienstadt survivors, a statistical report about those survivors, a report about the camp by Ludwig Stern, Leo Baeck’s announcement of the camp’s liberation, poems and songs written about the camp, maps of the camp, postcards depicting the town before the camp’s establishment, and ration tickets and a money order in the name of two Theresienstadt prisoners.

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