At age 14, Fritz Gluckstein had to start wearing a yellow star badge in Nazi Berlin. Across Europe, Nazi officials forced Jews to wear Star of David badges or armbands as a means of segregating and humiliating them.
Learn about Fritz’s close call when he risked going out without his star and what the badge symbolizes today.
The artifacts shown in the video were donated to the Museum by Fritz Gluckstein and courtesy of National Archives.
21 авг 2024