Two small Bakelite buttons shaped like a Star of David, which were used to identify Jews in Bulgaria during the Holocaust. [Bulgaria, ca. 1942].
Two small buttons shaped like a Star of David. Bulgarian Jews were required to wear an identifying mark since August 1942, with the publication of the amendment of the Bulgarian racial laws in 1941 (The Law for Protection of the Nation). Unlike other countries, Bulgaria did not stipulate fabric identifying marks but rather buttons, that were sewn to the lapel of the shirt.
3.5X3.5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes. A small piece is missing from one of the buttons.
Enclosed: Approx. 140 photographs (most of them arranged in an album), presumably of a Bulgarian family that immigrated to Palestine. One of the photographs depicts a man and woman wearing Star of David buttons (presumably, the one before us). Some of the photographs are hand-captioned on verso.