Discrimination band

Rectangular armband made of undyed canvas with a print of a six-pointed star (the Star of David) in dark blue. From December 1, 1939, all Jews over the age of 12 in the General Government were obliged to wear a white armband with a blue Star of David on their right arm under the penalty of imprisonment. In the areas incorporated into the Reich (Silesia, Greater Poland, Pomerania) and in the eastern territories occupied in 1941, Jews were forced to sew yellow Stars of David or yellow patches on the chest and back of their clothes. The marking was to isolate Jews from the rest of the society, facilitate the capture of Jews for forced labor and the enforcement of other anti-Jewish ordinances, such as the prohibition of walking on certain streets, parks, and traveling by rail.