Jewish Badges Research Paper

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The Jewish badge shown above is the badge represented for Germany. There were multiple types of Jewish badges before and during the Nazi era. The badges are all identical, except for the fact that they are all spelt differently in each country. The Nazi’s reintroduced the Jewish badge to identify who is, and isn’t Jewish. The German authorities brought back the badge to persecute and eventually to destroy the Jewish population of Europe. The badge implemented of deporting Jews to ghettos and killing centers. When the Nazi’s saw someone with a Jewish badge, they watched their every move. Wearing the badge humiliated the Jews, and made them feel uncomfortable.