Because it showed that they were Jews and should be treated differently.
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Quite simply because they were ordered to do so - not from choice.
No. The Star of David was yellow, not green. Additionally, they were not used in all Nazi-Occupied Regions, just most of them. (For example, in Denmark, Jews were not forced to wear the Star of David.) However, in countries like Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland, the Yellow Star was mandatory and the Jews were forced to wear them whenever they went into public.
It was a six-pointed Star of David, about the size of a human palm, and yellow in color. And it was not worn on the arm, it was worn on the left breast of the outer garment. During the Holocaust Jews were required to wear yellow star of david's on the chest and back of their clothing.
This depends on the society that the Jews lived in. In Nazi Germany and most occupied countries, the Jews were required to wear a Yellow Star of David with the word "Jew" in the local language affixed to the breast of their jackets and shirts. In the Ottoman Empire, Jewish males were required to wear yellow turbans.
They had to wear the Star of David when outside their homes after a number of decrees in 1941. There were other markers that Jews were required to use before the Yellow Star became the prominent and singular identifying mark of Jews in te Third Reich.
by making it law.
The Star of David.
Jews were forced by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe to wear a yellow star of David so that they can be instantly reconised as Jews.
I assume you're talking about the yellow Star of David worn by Jews in Germany and nations occupied by Germany during World War 2 - and the answer in that case is all Jews in those nations had to wear it. This would have been somewhere in the region of nine million people.
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No. The Star of David was yellow, not green. Additionally, they were not used in all Nazi-Occupied Regions, just most of them. (For example, in Denmark, Jews were not forced to wear the Star of David.) However, in countries like Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland, the Yellow Star was mandatory and the Jews were forced to wear them whenever they went into public.
The Jews had to wear the star of David. I guess soldiers fighting the war had to wear symbols of the countries they were fighting for.
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It was a six-pointed Star of David, about the size of a human palm, and yellow in color. And it was not worn on the arm, it was worn on the left breast of the outer garment. During the Holocaust Jews were required to wear yellow star of david's on the chest and back of their clothing.
The Jews were required to wear the Yellow Stars of David
This depends on the society that the Jews lived in. In Nazi Germany and most occupied countries, the Jews were required to wear a Yellow Star of David with the word "Jew" in the local language affixed to the breast of their jackets and shirts. In the Ottoman Empire, Jewish males were required to wear yellow turbans.
In September 1941 - the same date as elsewhere in Germany.
to identify them.