The Jewish Council the Nazis had installed had suggested they should all be proud to wear the Star of David, the symbol of their faith, and some among them even said the star would protect them from evil, that it was a sign of the Jews’ solidarity. But most people were quiet and frightened; they understood that the source of their pride was now being made to humiliate them. You are not us. We can tell who you are even when you are halfway down the street. We can cross over, call you names, spit if we please.
