Star of David badge with word Jude issued to an inmate of Łódź ghetto
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
Creator(s)
- Bella J. Tovey (Subject)
- Henry Tovey (Subject)
Biographical History
Bella Jakubowicz (later Tovey) was born in 1926 in Sosnowiec, Poland. She was the oldest of four children. Her father owned a knitting factory which the Germans confiscated after they invaded Poland in 1939. The family's furniture was given to an ethnic German woman. They were forced to move to the ghetto where Bella was a forced laborer in a factory. At the end of 1942, the family was sent to the ghetto in Będzin, Poland. In 1943, Bella was deported to Gräben a subcamp of Gross-Rosen concentration camp in Germany. In 1944, she was sent to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. She was liberated in April 1945 by British forces. Bella emigrated to the United States in 1946.
Archival History
The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Bella Jakubowicz Tovey, the wife of Henry Tevey.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Bella Jakubowicz Tovey
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
The badge was issued to Henry Tovey in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland.
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
- Jewish refugees--United States--Biography.
- Slave labor--Germany--Biography.
- Concentration camp inmates--Germany--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--United States--Personal narratives.
- Women concentration camp inmates--Germany--Biography.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.
Genre
- Object
- Identifying Artifacts