| 单词 | yellow star |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow star yellow star n. now historical a piece of yellow cloth bearing the Star of David, which Jews were required to wear in Nazi Germany and other parts of Europe under Nazi rule.The law requiring Jews to wear the yellow star was passed by the Nazis in 1941, although similar regulations were in place in various regions from 1938 onwards (cf. yellow badge n.). [Compare German gelber Stern (1940 or earlier as a set phrase in this sense); the official term was Judenstern. lit. ‘Jew-star’ (1941 in this sense; also occasionally in earlier use denoting the Star of David more generally (mid 19th cent. or earlier)).] ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > specific emblems, badges, or cognizances > political yellow badge1663 white rose1716 red flag1806 red rag1871 Hakenkreuz1922 swastika1932 yellow star1941 1941 Times of India 8 Sept. 7/7 All Jews over 16 are forbidden to appear in public in Germany without a six-pointed yellow star worn on the left of the breast. 1941 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 26 Sept. 24/4 The Jews must wear the yellow star because America compels our Germans over there to wear the swastika. 1967 Guardian 21 Oct. 8/3 ‘Private Eye’ recently labelled me ‘D. A. N. Jew’. Now it happens that I haven't the right to claim the yellow star. 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Nov. 1296/5 Germans like Captain Ernst Janger..who declared himself ‘ashamed’..when he saw Jews in Paris wearing their yellow stars. 2004 D. Kranzler Holocaust Hero vi. 92 A Polish Jew living in Warsaw with a legitimate Swiss passport did not have to wear a yellow star and was permitted to live outside the Ghetto. < as lemmas |
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