Shows triangle marking system for prisoners in German concentration camps distinguished by form and colour of the marks. The table is divided into rows for basic prisoner colours (<i>Grundfarben für Häftlinge</i>), badges for reoffenders (<i>Abzeichen für Rückfällige</i>), prisoners in the punishment platoon (<i>Häftlinge der Strafkompanie</i>), badges for Jews (<i>Abzeichen für Juden</i>), and special marks (<i>Besondere Abzeichen</i>), as well as columns for various types of accusations: political prisoners (<i>politisch</i>), career criminals (<i>Berufsverbrecher</i>, [lit.: professional criminal]), emigrant(s), Jehovah's Witnesses (<i>Bibelforscher</i> [lit.: Bible researchers]), homosexuals (<i>homosexuell</i>), and antisocial persons (<i>asozial</i>). The special marks include "Jewish miscegenationists" (<i>jüd[ische] Rasseschänder</i>), female miscegenationists (<i>Rasseschänderin</i>), persons presenting a flight risk (<i>fluchtverdächtigt</i>), the prisoner's inmate ID number (<i>Häftlingsnummer</i>), identification of Polish and Czech prisoners (<i>Pole, Tscheche</i>) by a "P" or "T" in the triangle, Wehrmacht (German army) personnel (<i>Wehrmacht Angehöriger</i>) and celebrities (<i>Häftling Ia</i>). An example sleeve of a prisoner's dress is shown in the lower right section (<i>Beispiel</i>).
<br>Jews were identified by an upright yellow triangle under the main classification triangle
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2006-05-12
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