Distinctive Jewish badge (yellow star) that the Jews of Belgium were forced to wear on their clothing by order of the German authorities.
Efraim (Alfred) Stroch from Vienna, Austria, fled to Belgium after the outbreak of war. On 29 August 1942 he was arrested by the Gestapo in Antwerp, and was interned in the Mechelen transit camp and then deported to several concentration camps, including Babitz (a sub-camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau) and Gross Rosen. Efraim Stroch was liberated at the Buchenwald concentration camp on 11 April 1945.
Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Miri (Stroch) Livnat, Givatayim, Israel
