yellow badge

English

Noun

yellow badge (plural yellow badges)

(historical) A cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public, especially in Nazi-controlled states during the 1930s and 1940s.

Synonyms

Jewish badge, yellow patch, yellow star

Translations

cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public

Dutch: Jodenster (nl) f
French: étoile jaune (fr) f
German: Judenstern (de) m

Hungarian: sárga csillag
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