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‘Yellow’ Anti-Semitism
The Moslems invented the "Yellow Star"
N. Lieberman 29/07/2009 10:00
Contrary to what people used to think - that the yellow patch was a Nazi invention, in actual fact the first yellow patch was introduced by the Moslems.
As early as the year 634/4394 the Moslems decreed that the Jews must wear a special belt adorned with a yellow patch, on their coats.
The second time the Jews were ordered to wear the yellow patch was in England in the 13th Century, as part of an anti-Jewish legislation and humiliation tactic by King Edward the First. In wake of this, other Christian countries also introduced the Yellow patch, such as France, Spain and Germany.
The most famous yellow patch was indeed the one that the Jews were forced to wear in the time of the holocaust. It was shaped in the form of a Magen David (the 6-pointed star of David), with the word ‘Jew’ written inside it in the native language, in a script that was reminiscent of the Jewish alphabet.
The initiator of the idea was a man by name of Reinhard Heidrich, Hitler’s right-hand man, who came up with the suggestion to single out the Jews with a discriminating sign, following the pogroms of Kristallnacht in 1938/5698.
One of the requirements of this law was that the star must be at least 10 centimeters size, or the size of a fist. A Jew caught without wearing the star was fined, arrested and even shot.
The Germans imposed these regulations in every country they conquered. However, in the countries where they came up against heavy opposition such as France and Denmark, it wasn’t as strictly enforced.
As early as the year 634/4394 the Moslems decreed that the Jews must wear a special belt adorned with a yellow patch, on their coats.
The second time the Jews were ordered to wear the yellow patch was in England in the 13th Century, as part of an anti-Jewish legislation and humiliation tactic by King Edward the First. In wake of this, other Christian countries also introduced the Yellow patch, such as France, Spain and Germany.
The most famous yellow patch was indeed the one that the Jews were forced to wear in the time of the holocaust. It was shaped in the form of a Magen David (the 6-pointed star of David), with the word ‘Jew’ written inside it in the native language, in a script that was reminiscent of the Jewish alphabet.
The initiator of the idea was a man by name of Reinhard Heidrich, Hitler’s right-hand man, who came up with the suggestion to single out the Jews with a discriminating sign, following the pogroms of Kristallnacht in 1938/5698.
One of the requirements of this law was that the star must be at least 10 centimeters size, or the size of a fist. A Jew caught without wearing the star was fined, arrested and even shot.
The Germans imposed these regulations in every country they conquered. However, in the countries where they came up against heavy opposition such as France and Denmark, it wasn’t as strictly enforced.
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