Video: 'Anne Frank (The Whole Story)' (Jewish star introduced at 30:52)

(Wednesday, April 29, 1942, during The Holocaust, part of World War II) — Nazi officials in occupied Holland announced today that from Sunday, May 3, 1942, onwards, every Jew six years and older would be required to wear a yellow star of David, a six-pointed star often used as a symbol of the Jewish religion, with the word “Jew” written on it in black letters.

Video: 'The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988) - Full Movie - English' (Jewish star introduced at 26:46)

The Jewish Council received 569,355 Jewish stars to distribute. The Jews had to buy the star themselves and this purchase was only possible if they showed their personal identification.

Video: 'Key Historical Concepts in Holocaust Education: The Jewish Badge'

As early as Dec. 1, 1939, the Nazis transformed this religious and cultural symbol of Judaism into a badge as a method of humiliating, segregating, and identifying Jews in Germany and German-occupied countries for deportation to concentration camps during The Holocaust.