Monday, May 28, 2012

Today in History - May 29, 1942 - Jews in Paris are Ordered to Sew a Yellow Star on their Coats

Jews in Paris are Ordered to Sew a Yellow Star on Their Coats - May 29, 1942

    Today in History, the Jews who occupied Paris were ordered by Adolph Hitler to sew a yellow star on the left side of their coats. Joseph Goebbels advised Hitler to carry this out against the Jews. Goebbels believed, at this point, that the Jews were no longer people but beasts, and he was determined to exterminate them completely according to his journals.
   This was actually not the first time in History that Jews were to wear a type of identification, for, throughout History, while the Pope controlled Central Italy, Jews had to wear yellow hats or stars, and live in ghettos.
Source: History.com-Jews in Paris ordered to sew a yellow star on their coats
See also: Hitler Commits Suicide
Hitler Becomes President of Germany

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