Edwin Bergmann collection

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Edwin "Israel" Bergmann Kennkarte
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn88134
- English
- 1939
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Identity card: "Kennkarte" [Jewish idenity card] issued to Edwin "Israel" Bergmann (donor's father) in Biberach a.d. Riss (Baden-Württemberg), Germany on January 20, 1939.
Factory-printed Star of David badge printed with Jude, acquired by a German Jewish man
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn88135
- English
- overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Factory-printed Star of David badge acquired by Edwin Bergmann. On September 1, 1941, all Jews in the Reich six years of age or older were required to wear a badge, which consisted of a yellow Star of David with a black-outline and the word “Jew” printed inside the star in German. The badge was used to stigmatize and control the Jewish population. Edwin Bergmann, his brother, and two cousins were partners in a successful family business that manufactured hairpieces in Laupheim, Germany. After the Nazi party took control of the German government in January 1933, anti-Jewish decrees were pass...