- Headline
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All Jews Over 6 in Germany Hit By New Order of Secret Police
- Publication Date
- Sunday, September 7, 1941
- Historical Event
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German Government Forces Jews to Wear Yellow Stars
This database includes 625 articles about this event - Article Type
- Newspaper
- Page Section and Number
- 2
- Author/Byline
- Glenn M. Stadler (UP)
- Article Text
- Berlin—(UP)—All Jews over six years of age were ordered by the secret police yesterday to wear a large yellow "Star of David" with a black superscription: "Jew."
The order, issued by Secret Police Cheif Reinhard Heydrich, said that Jews' would not be permitted to leave the area in which they reside without police permission.
Jews must not wear any order or decorations, Heydrich said.
The order becomes effective Sept. 15. As published in the official legal gazette, it covers the entire Reich as well as the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
It was regarded here as the sharpest official measure against Jews since those introduced following the anti-Semitic outbreaks of Nov. 9, 1938.
"Jews who have completed their sixth year are forbidden to show themselves in public without the Jewish star," the order said.
"The star consists of a six-pointed star, outlined in black on yellow cloth the size of the palm of ones' hand, with a black superscription: Jew.
"It must be worn visibly and firmly sewed to the left breast of clothing."
The order provided a fine of 150 marks (about $60 or six weeks imprisonment for violation of the new regulations.
The new regulations were similar to restrictions which have been in effect in such cities as Warsaw since the fall of Poland. Jews are confined largely to a Ghetto in Warsaw and must wear prominent identification marks.
Previously in Berlin, Jews had been restricted more or less to certain sections of the capital in regard to residence and their activities and freedom were sharply curtailed.
Within the last week, however, the authorities had banned exit permission from Germany for Jews because of a shortage of labor caused by military operations requiring great numbers of German men at the front. - History Unfolded Contributor
- Sean H.
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