Yellow Star

Yellow star is a term that could refer to:

  • A yellow star in Stellar classification
  • A yellow badge, a cloth patch that Jews were ordered to wear on their clothes
  • Any plant of Hypoxis genus in the Hypoxidaceae family
  • A song by Donovan from his album Essence to Essence
  • The Yellow Star – The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45, a 1980 documentary film
  • Yellow Star (book), a 2006 children's novel describing life in the Lodz Ghetto during World War II.

Famous quotes containing the words yellow and/or star:

    “When three persons are of the same mind, yellow dirt can be turned into gold.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “Well gentlemen, this is it. This is what we’ve been waiting for. Tonight your target is Tokyo. And you’re gonna play ‘em the Star Spangled Banner with two-ton bombs. All you’ve got to do is to remember what you’ve learned and follow your squadron leaders. They’ll get you in, and they’ll get you out. Any questions? All right that’s all. Good luck to you. Give ‘em hell.”
    —Dudley Nichols (1895–1960)