Distinctive Jewish badge (yellow star) that the Jews of the Reich and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia were forced to wear on their clothing by order of the German authorities
![Jewish badge that belonged to Vera Bader from Kyjov, Czechoslovakia.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/5005-1200.jpg?itok=CYeL7YQe)
Vera Bader was sent with her mother Greta to the Terezin ghetto in January 1943, where she remained until liberation.
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Vera (Bader) Weberova, Kyjov, Czech Republic
![Jewish badge that belonged to Vera Bader from Kyjov, Czechoslovakia.](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/5005-1200.jpg?itok=Rtti6XzB)
![Jews in Czechoslovakia wearing the yellow star on their clothes](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/01_719.jpg?itok=cD8hThWK)
Yad Vashem Photo Archives
![Jews in Czechoslovakia wearing the yellow star on their clothes](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/01_719.jpg?itok=rpSJiTTC)