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During the Holocaust, prisoners in Nazi concentration camps were often identified by colored triangles sewn onto their clothing. Each color represented a different category of prisoner: for example, Jews wore yellow triangles, political prisoners wore red, homosexuals wore pink, and Jehovah's Witnesses wore purple. These symbols served to dehumanize and segregate individuals based on their perceived identity or beliefs. The use of these identifiers was part of the broader system of oppression and persecution that characterized the Holocaust.

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