Star Of David Research Paper

The Star of David

The Star of David, also known as The Rosa Winkel is a 6 pointed star used today, by Jews and even a handful of Christians as a symbol of their religion. Today it is being used by many of Jewish organizations, schools, and etc. It is also Israel’s official state symbol, located on money and government correspondence. The Star of David today has great meaning and symbolism, but in 1933-1945 Hitler forced Jews to wear The Star of David as badges of shame. There are tons of ideas for the meaning of The Star of David. Some Kabbalists believe that the six points represent God’s power over all six directions: north, south, east, west, up, and down. Some even think the two triangles represent humanity’s dual nature; good and evil.

Himmler thought homosexuals, just like Jews, were weak, decadent and unpatriotic. And he strongly believed their existence threatened the German folk community, mainly because they did not procreate, Himmler was in fact the one who had all German males convicted of homosexual crimes transferred from prison straight into concentration camps. That is when the badges came to action, Jews were forced to wear the yellow Star of David and homosexuals, rapists, etc were forced to wear the Pink Triangle. From 1933-1944 between 50,000 and 63,000 men were convicted on charges of homosexuality alone. By 1935 every gay German knew that if he was caught, he risked being shipped to a concentration camp. Now, gays were not as easily identified as Jews and gypsies, Many survived the Third Reich undetected. Again in 1933, Richard Plant, a gay German Jew, fled to Switzerland and to the United States five years later, began his research when he visited Germany in the 1950’s. His book, The Pink Triangle, is the first comprehensive account of this hidden aspect of Nazism and use of The Star of David and, nevertheless, the Pink