<b>Nazi concentration camp badges</b>, primarily
triangles, were part of the system of
identification in Nazi camps. They were used in the
concentration camps in the
Nazi-occupied countries to identify the reason the prisoners had been placed there.
[1] The triangles were made of fabric and were sewn on jackets and trousers of the prisoners. These mandatory
badges of shame had specific meanings indicated by their colour and shape. Such emblems helped guards assign tasks to the detainees: for example, a guard at a glance could see if someone were a convicted criminal (green patch) and thus likely of a "tough" temperament suitable for <i>
kapo</i> duty. Someone with an "escape suspect" mark usually would not be assigned to work squads operating outside the camp fence. Someone wearing an <i>F</i> could be called upon to help translate guards' spoken instructions to a trainload of new arrivals from France. Some historical monuments quote the badge-imagery; the use of a triangle being a sort of visual shorthand to symbolize all camp victims. Also, the modern day use of a
pink triangle emblem to symbolize gay rights is a response to the camp identification patches.
Single triangles[
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- <b>Red</b> triangle—political prisoners: social democrats, socialists, trade unionists, Freemasons, communists, and anarchists.
- <b>Green</b> triangle— "professional criminals" (convicts, often working in the camps as Kapos).
- <b>Blue</b> triangle—foreign forced laborers, emigrants.
- <b>Purple</b> triangle—primarily Jehovah's Witnesses (over 99%), and members of other small religious groups.[2]
- <b>Pink</b> triangle—primarily homosexual men, as well as sexual offenders including rapists, paedophiles and zoophiles.[3]
- <b>Black</b> triangle—people who were deemed "asocial elements" (<i>asozial</i>) and "work shy" (<i>arbeitsscheu</i>) including
ok maar ik kom geen afrikanen tegen of chinezen
En wist men dat er ook indiaanse troepen voor hitler vochten
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Legion
en Koreaanse soldaten en japanse