The ordinance of May 29, 1942
Port of the yellow star
The 8th ordinance of 29 May 1942 imposed on all Jews over 6 years old living in an occupied area the obligation to wear a yellow star. In the early days of June 1942, Jews must remove this three-part badge from their home at the police station, and wear it visibly on the left side of the chest. Jews sometimes find that wearing the yellow star brings them signs of sympathy from the French population.
Some non-Jewish French people were also interned in Drancy for a while for having worn badges expressing 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: Les Juifs de France dans la Shoah, Jacques Fredj)
Letter from Léa Rotgold to her father, Mordlka Rotgold, arrested on 14/05/1941 by the green-ticket raid, interned in Beaune-la-Rolande and deported on 28/06/1942 by convoy 5.
Credits: Shoah Memorial/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: Shoah Memorial/coll. Léa Luski Rotgold
