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A chart of prisoner markings used in German concentration camps.

A chart of prisoner markings used in German concentration camps. Dachau, Germany, ca. 1938-1942. Beginning in 1937-1938, the SS created a system of marking prisoners in concentration camps. Sewn onto uniforms, the color-coded badges identified the reason for an individual's incarceration. Red indicated political prisoner, Green : Professional criminals; Blue: forced foreign labour; Purple: Jehovah's witness; Pink: homosexual; Black: workshy or lazy.
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Title:
A chart of prisoner markings used in German concentration camps.
Caption:
A chart of prisoner markings used in German concentration camps. Dachau, Germany, ca. 1938-1942. Beginning in 1937-1938, the SS created a system of marking prisoners in concentration camps. Sewn onto uniforms, the color-coded badges identified the reason for an individual's incarceration. Red indicated political prisoner, Green : Professional criminals; Blue: forced foreign labour; Purple: Jehovah's witness; Pink: homosexual; Black: workshy or lazy.
Credit:
Album / World History Archive
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Image size:
3784 x 5542 px | 60.0 MB
Print size:
32.0 x 46.9 cm | 12.6 x 18.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1942 • BADGE • BLACK • BLUE • CHART • COLOR-CODED • CONCENTRATION CAMP • CRIMINALS • DACHAU • FORCED LABOUR • GAY MAN • GAY • GERMAN • GERMANS • GERMANY • GREEN • HOMOSEXUAL = GAY MAN • HOMOSEXUAL • JEHOVAH'S WITNESS • LAZY • MARKINGS • NAZI • NAZISM • PINK • POLITICAL PRISONER • PRISONER • PRISONERS • PURPLE • RED • SS • UNIFORMS • WORKSHY