File:Kennzeichen für Schutzhäftlinge in den Konzentrations Lagern Nazi Germany concentration camp prisoners' badges.jpg

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Deutsch: Tafel mit farbigen Kennzeichnen (Winkeln) für Häftling in Konzentrationslagern (KZ)
English: German-languageschematic chart on poster showing cloth insignia worn on prisoner's uniforms in Nazi concentration camps before and during the early stages of World War II in concentration camps with a more elaborate triangle-based badge coding system. Double-triangle badges resembled two superimposed triangles forming a Star of David, a Jewish symbol. In addition to color-coding, non-German prisoners were marked by the first letter of the German name for their home country or ethnic group.
  • Identification marks for protective custody prisoners in concentration camps (German: Kennzeichen für Schutzhäftlinge in den Konzentrations Lagern)
    • Base/primary colours (Grundfarben)
    • Badge for repeat offenders (Abzeichen für Rückfällige)
    • Prisoners of the punishment company (Strafkompanie)
    • Jews (Juden)
    • Jewish race defiler (Jüdischer Rassenschänder)
      • Escape suspect (Fluchtverdächtiger)
      • 1a Prisoner (1a Häftling)
    • Example: Political Jew, repeat offender, member of the punishment company (Beispiel:Politischer Jude, Rückfällig, [Angehöriger der] Strafkompanie)
    • Special Action Wehrmacht, special detainees, military activists, deserters, etc (Sonder-Aktion Wehrmacht [SAW-Häftlinge])
    • Pole (Pole); Czech (Tscheche)
Date 1940s
date QS:P,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source https://alst.org/en/history/purple-triangles/
Author Author unknown (uncredited, unlisted, anonymous)
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