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Badges of Dishonor

Cheryl BennettHis 104

Professor LyonsFebruary 8, 2010

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The Badge’s Purpose

The Nazis used colored triangular badges

to distinguish the imprisoned groups from each

other within the camps and to show that they

were to be considered dangerous. Some badges

contained letters and/or symbols that referred

to an inmate’s nationality, attempt at escape, or

any number of other minor categories. This

color-coded system was a way to keep a nearly

paperless record of the inmates.

(Mosaic of Victims,2009.)

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Contents The Badge’s Purpose Poster of Concentration Camp Badges A Note About the Jews’ Badge The Brown Badge The Pink Badge The Red Badge The Purple Badge The Green Badge The Black Badge The Blue Badge From Bystander to Victim Cultural Fatalities Number of Victims graphic “When They Came For Me” References 1 References 2

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Badges of Dishonor

(The persecuted people)

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Poster of Concentration Camp Badges

(Artifacts:, 2009)

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*A Note About the Jews’ Badges

Jews would be

issued either a single

yellow triangle or a

combination of an

inverted colored triangle

in front of an upright

yellow triangle to form

the star of David. If one

of the triangles had a

white or black outline it

mean someone who was

a race defiler.

(Mosaic of Victims,2009.)

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Gypsies The Roma and Sinti were the two

largest tribes within Germany. They were

similar to the Jews in that the Nazis

wanted them all exterminated. The main

difference between the gypsies and the

Jews was that the gypsies were primarily

illiterate. Their badges started out as

dominantly black in color because they

were seen as Asocial, but was later

changed to brown to keep them

separated from the Asocial group.

(Mosaic of Victims,2009.)

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Homosexuals

Based on Paragraph 175,

which outlawed any action that

could be construed as sexual

between men, homosexuals were

labeled with a pink badge.

However, this badge covered all

sexual offenses such as rape,

bestiality, and pedophilia.

(Mosaic of Victims,2009.)

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Political Prisoners

The red triangle’s meaning

depended on its position. Pointed

upwards it meant that the inmate

was an enemy POW, a spy, or a

deserter from the German army.

Pointed downwards it meant the

inmate was a communist, political

nonconformist, trade unionist,

socialist, democrat, Freemason,

or a traitor to the German

Government and Adolf Hitler in

particular.

(Mosaic of Victims,2009.)

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Religious Dissenters

The purple badges were used

more often to mark Jehovah

Witnesses; however, they also

labeled any religious leader who

denounced Hitler and the Nazis’

actions, and/or the Nazi’s attempt to

create a new religion with Hitler as a

divine being. This group included

Catholic priests, Christian

preachers, Protestant parsons, and

Rabbis. (Mosaic of Victims,2009.)

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Hardened Criminals The green badge was

placed on ordinary and/or long-

term criminals who often worked

as Kapos in exchange for either a

decrease in their prison term, a

lighter sentence, or parole. A

kapo was a prisoner who was

often a guard over, and known for

being very brutal in their

handling, of the other inmates. (Mosaic of Victims,2009.)

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Asocials This was the most diverse

group and included vagrants,

beggars, the homeless, mentally

ill, mentally impaired, alcoholics,

prostitutes, gypsies, non-

religious pacifists, military

assignment dodgers, and anyone

without a permanent address.

(Mosaic of Victims,2009.)

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ImmigrantsThe blue badges were

placed on people who had moved

to Germany from other lands but

were not citizens. They were

generally used as just slave labor

unless they were Jewish.

(Mosaic of Victims,2009.)

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HOLOCAUST LOSSES

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From Bystander to VictimBystanders• Anyone who looked the other way or denied what was going on.

Resisters • Anyone who hid the victims from the Nazis and/or who chose to fight back

Persecutors • Nazi Regime

Victims• 6 million Jews• 300,000 handicapped• 250,000 homosexuals• 2,000 Jehovah's Witnesses• 800,000 Gypsies• 1.5 million political dissidents• 4 million Soviet P.O.W.s• 3 million non- Jewish Slavic & 3 million Jewish civilians

(World War 2, 2010, para 30.)

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Approx. Totals of the Nazis’ Victims

300,000 handicapped

250,000 homosexuals

2,000 Jehovah's Witnesses

800,000 Gypsies

1.5 million political

dissidents

4 million Soviet P.O.W.s

3 million non- Jewish Slavic & 3 million

Jewish civilians

3 million German Jews

(World War 2, 2010, para 30.)

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Cultural FatalitiesArtistes

Entertainers

Dancers

Musicians

Painters

Actors

Intellectuals

Novelists

Medical Personnel

Scientists

Educators

Government Personnel

Religious Leaders

Preachers

Rabbis

Priests

(World War 2, 2010, para 30.)

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“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out --

Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out --

Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

 Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out --

Because I was not a Jew.

 Then they came for me -- and there was no one left to speak for me.

MARTIN NIEMÖLLER

(Martin Niemöller , 2009, para 2.)

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References

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. (2009.) Artifacts: Classification

System in Nazi Concentration Camps. Retrieved January 26, 2010 from

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/media_da.php?lang=en&ModuleId=100

05378&MediaId=5037

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum., (2009.) Martin Niemöller:

First

They Came for the Socialists. Retrieved on January26, 2010 from

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007392

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References

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum., (2009.) Mosaic of Victims: In

Depth. Retrieved on

January 26, 2010 from

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007329

World War 2: Holocaust., (2010.) Retrieved on January 28, 2010 from

http://www.world-war-2.info/holocaust/