Later, a yellow Jewish star with the inscription Jude, known from the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, was used to mark the Jews in Těšín. At that time, local Jews were already being put to forced labour in factories in the area. The isolation of the Jewish population through bans on almost everything that makes human life liveable culminated in their relocation to ghettos.
There is not much information about this phase of the persecution in Těšín, but it is certain that ghettos were established on the former Polish side of the city: we know about a ghetto in the former buildings of the Jewish community on the Goose Market and on the land of Mr. Windholz on Bobrek (Beaver Hill, Boberhügel).
These sites are now in Poland and are not part of this IWalk.
Why was it so important for the German occupiers to visibly mark all Jews?