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This is a show about the assorted badges used in the Nazi concentration camps during World War two.
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Badges 1
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/