The ordinance of May 29, 1942
Port of the yellow star
The 8th ordinance of May 29, 1942, requires all Jews over 6 years old living in occupied areas to wear the yellow star. In the early days of June 1942, the Jews must remove this insignia in three copies from the police station on which their home depends and against the handing over of a textile point and wear it visibly on the left side of the chest. The Jews sometimes find that wearing the yellow star brings them signs of sympathy from the French population.
Some non-Jewish French people are also interned in Drancy for a while for having displayed insignia reflecting their disapproval or mocking the occupation authorities. Vichy refuses to apply the same measure in the southern zone, fearing to amplify these demonstrations of solidarity.
(excerpt book: The Jews of France in the Shoah, Jacques Fredj)
Letter from Léa Rotgold to her father, Mordlka Rotgold, arrested on 14/05/1941 by the green-note raid, interned in Beaune-la-Rolande and deported on 28/06/1942 by convoy 5.
Credits: Memorial of the Shoah/coll. Léa Luski Rotgold
Photo: Mordka and Eta Rotgold and their children Léa and Serge, posing with Eta’s brother, Mosché and his wife Entje, shortly after their arrival in France, Paris. France, 1930-1931
Credits: Memorial of the Shoah/coll. Léa Luski Rotgold
