Nazi leader, Reinhard Heydrich, in 1938 first suggested requiring Jews to wear a badge. The policy was first implemented in Lodz, Poland, in November 1939, and then in Germany itself two years later, in September 1941, but then it at local option. It was serious business, quoting Kay Boyle: "If a Jew forgot to wear their badge they could be fined or imprisoned, but often, it meant beatings or death. Jews came up with ways to remind themselves not to go out without their badge. Posters often could be found at the exit doors of apartments that warned Jews by stating: 'Remember the Badge!" Have you already put on the Badge?' 'The Badge!" "Attention, the Badge!' "Before leaving the building, put on the Badge!'"