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Used forced labor badge, yellow with a purple P, sewn to gray felt backing for use by a Polish forced laborer

Object | Accession Number: 2005.506.8

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    Used forced labor badge, yellow with a purple P, sewn to gray felt backing for use by a Polish forced laborer
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    Brief Narrative
    Used Polish forced labor badge, yellow with a purple P and a purple border, sewn to gray felt backing, that would be worn to identify a Polish forced laborer in Nazi Germany. German regulations required the workers to wear the badge with the purple band visible around the P on the right chest to keep them separate from the German populace. During the German occupation of Poland, 1939-1945, many non-Jewish Polish people were sent to Germany as conscript labor for civilian labor details on farms and factories. Workers sometimes volunteered for the forced labor service, but the majority were forcibly recruited and conditions worsened as the war continued. The German work force was depleted by the war and unpaid foreign workers were needed to keep the economy functioning.
    Date
    use:  approximately 1940-1945
    Geography
    issue: Poland
    Credit Line
    Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Markings
    front center, purple dye : P

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Classification
    Identifying Artifacts
    Category
    Badges
    Physical Description
    Square white cotton cloth badge screen printed on the front with an upper case purple letter P within a yellow square that is outlined in purple. The badge would be worn in diamond orientation. The white edges are folded over and hand sewn with light brown thread to dark gray felt backing. The badge is worn and stained.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
    Materials
    overall : cotton, dye, felt, thread

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    Conditions on Use
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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The forced labor badge was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005.
    Record last modified:
    2024-10-03 13:10:49
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