Armband Worn by Member of Jewish Ghetto Police

Authors

Object ID

2014.1.135

Object Name

Armband, Political

Date

1941

Files

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Description

An armband worn by a member of the Jewish Ghetto Police.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Armband from a Jewish ghetto, an armband worn by a member of Judischer Ordnungsdienst (Jewish Ghetto Police), one of the Auxiliary police units organized in the Jewish ghettos of Europe by local Judenrat councils under orders of the occupying Nazis. Members of the Judischer Ordnungsdienst were the Jews themselves, had no official uniform other than the armband and a badge, and were not allowed to carry firearms. They were used by the Germans primarily for securing the deportation of other Jews to concentration camps.

Keywords

Star of David, Ghetto, Police

Subcollection

Ghettos, Star

Recommended Citation

"Armband Worn by Member of Jewish Ghetto Police" (1941). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2014.1.135.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/34