BADGE OF SHAME

The Germans ordered me to wear a badge of shame 
It was so degrading they didn't give it a name 
A six pointed Star of David which everyone knew 
I was a religious outsider and was born a Jew 

Inscribed on this badge was the word Jude 
The Germans saw it and gave me no food 
They also gave me no place to rest and dwell 
As far as they were concerned I came from hell 

How could one human being be so unkind ? 
They beat up my folks and didn't seem to mind
Somehow I managed to come through it alive 
Where only the strongest are the ones to survive