Yellow cloth Star of David badge printed with the word Jude
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
Creator(s)
- David Mielzynski (Subject)
Biographical History
David Mielzynski (later David Mills) was born in 1910 in Schwersenz, Posen (Swarzędz, Poland). He lived in Berlin, Germany, with his wife Liesbeth Sieradzki, who was born in 1913. Liesbeth left Berlin for England expecting him to follow in two weeks. Instead he was trapped in Germany and survived for three years hidden in a toolshed on a field in Berlin-Lichterfelde, 2 miles from SS Headquarters. A non-Jewish man whose name in not known, supplied him with food, helping him to survive in hiding for three years. David was liberated by the Russians in May 1945. He emigrated to the United States in September 1946. He Americanized his name to Mills. His wife Liesbeth’s entire family from Poznan, Łódź, and Warsaw perished in the Holocaust. David, 78, passed away in 1988.
Archival History
The Star of David badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Elizabeth Mills, the wife of David Mielzynski.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elizabeth Mills
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Yellow cloth badge in the shape of a 6 pointed Star of David. The star outline is formed from 2 overlapping, dyed triangles and has German text in the center.
Subjects
- Magen David.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.
- Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.
Genre
- Object
- Identifying Artifacts