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Jewish badge from Ukraine

Distinctive Jewish badge that the Jews of Ukraine were forced to wear on their clothing in accordance with the directives of the German occupation

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Distinctive Jewish badge (Circular yellow badge) that belonged to Elimelech (Meilech) Lifschitz from the town of Sarny, Ukraine

Distinctive Jewish badge (Circular yellow badge) that belonged to Elimelech (Meilech) Lifschitz from the town of Sarny, Ukraine
Yad Vashem Artifacts collection
Donated by Galia Regev, Tel Aviv, Israel

The order that all Jews must wear a distinctive badge was issued on the 5th of August, 1941 in Sarny  in the Wolyn region, today in the Ukraine (Poland until September 1939 and Reichskommissariat Ukraine from June 1941).

At the beginning the Jews were ordered to wear a white cloth armband marked with a blue Star of David. On the 1st of October 1941 the requirement was changed from an armband to two circular yellow badges. The Jews were required to sew the badges on the front and back of their clothing. Jews were marked with circular yellow badges in other areas that came under the jurisdiction of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine and Reichskommissariat Ostland, among them Minsk and Vitebsk (today in Belarus).

Jewish Badges