#OnThisDay in 1939 the Nazis decreed that Jews in Poland must wear a Star of David on their right arm. This continued until September 1941, when all Jews in occupied Europe over the age of six were required to wear a yellow Star of David. #OTD

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The Nazi policy of forcing Jews to wear a star was an act of symbolisation which aimed to divide the Jewish and non-Jewish population. Symbolisation is one of the ten stages of genocide and has been used to divide communities in the lead up to genocides that have happened since.

From 1992, in north-west Bosnia, all non-Serbian citizens were forced to wear white armbands.

Learn more about how symbolisation has been used during genocide and about the other stages which lead to genocide: https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/what-is-genocide/the-ten-stages-of-genocide/">https://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-abo...