During the Holocaust, German authorities forced Jews in occupied territories to wear identifying signs and badges to publicly mark them as Jews. Propaganda campaigns dehumanized and scapegoated Jews by promoting harmful stereotypes. As persecution escalated, tens of thousands of Jews were arrested, deported to camps, and murdered. Synagogues were destroyed and homes looted as the Nazi regime sought to oppress and eliminate Jewish people.

12. “
Jews are forced to
carry anti-Semitic
signs.

14. A page of T he P oisonous
M ushroom, an anti-Semitic novel for
children. The page shows children
how to identify a Jew: “The Jewish
nose is crooked at its tip. It looks like
the number 6.”

15. A damaged lintel above a Torah ark in a synagogue in Nentershausen.
Synagogues were burned, Jewish homes were looted, and 91 Jews died.
Gestapo, supported by local armed police, arrested approximately 30,000
Jews and deported them to death camps.

16. German propaganda
campaign climaxes in the days
leading up to the invasion of
Warsaw.

17. The sealing of the Warsaw
Ghetto in 1939.