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Nazi orders for Jews to wear a star were hateful, but far from unique – a historian traces the long history of antisemitic badges

  • Written by Flora Cassen, Chair and Associate Professor of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies, Washington University in St Louis
Nazi orders for Jews to wear a star were hateful, but far from unique – a historian traces the long history of antisemitic badgesThe Nazis made the yellow badge infamous around the world, but its roots are much older.Roger Viollet/Getty Images

Growing up in Belgium, I’d hear the story of how my grandparents married during the Nazi occupation. It was not a time for celebrations, particularly for Jewish families like theirs. Naively, though, they thought marriage would...

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