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Badge with a yellow Star of David on a black circle worn by a Romanian Jewish woman
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Star of David badge that 20 year-old Simona Weissmann was forced to wear in Piatra Neamt, Romania from 1941-1945. In November 1940, the fascist government of Romania of General Antonescu joined the Axis Alliance. They immediately put in place polices to persecute Jews, such as the requirement that Jews wear a Star of David badge2 on their clothing at all times. The antisemitic regime also supported increasingly violent attacks and pogroms against the Jewish population.
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- Title: Badge with a yellow Star of David on a black circle worn by a Romanian Jewish woman
- Provenance: The Star of David Badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Simona Nistor-Vianu.
- Subject Keywords: Jews--Persecutions--Romania. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania--Personal narratives.
- Type: Identifying Artifacts
- Rights: Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: Two overlapping yellow cloth triangles sewn together with green thread to create a 6-pointed Star of David badge which is sewn onto circular cardboard covered with dark blue cloth.
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