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Here are the main colors (there might be a few more, such as "P" for Poles).

Yellow - Jewish

Pink - Gay men convicted under Paragraphs 174, 175 and 176 of the Reich Penal Code, (being a lesbian was not a crime)

Purple - Jehovah's Witnesses

Red - Political prisoners

Black - Asocial

Brown - Roma

Green - Criminals.

Winkel - Name for the colored triangular patch sewn to the clothes of camp inmates to indicate the category of offense for which they had been imprisoned.

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Q: What was the color coding system used in German concentration camps to designate a person's crime or ethnicity?
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