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The yellow David star
This is the yellow David star that we were forced to wear after the enforcement of the Law for the Protection of the Nation in 1941. The star was made from bakelite, it was yellow with a black line on the edge. Our stars were small ones (3x3x3cm) compared to those worn by the Jews in Poland, for example. I remember the first time when I went to school with the yellow star. All my classmates were shocked as if they felt responsible for what happened to me. When we were interned, all my classmates came to see us off at the station. I have never felt any anti-Semitism.

Centropa Collection acquired by USHMM

The Centropa archive has been acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. 

USHMM will soon offer a Special Collections page for Centropa.

Academics please note: USHMM can provide you with original language word-for-word transcripts and high resolution photographs. All publications should be credited: "From the Centropa Collection at the United States Memorial Museum in Washington, DC". Please contact collection [at] centropa.org.