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Burg had discovered that the German Zionist leaders requested as early as 1933 that the Jews be required to wear the yellow star. The Zionists saw it not as an insult but as a heroic gesture, just like the SS wore the swastika. In 1938 the director of the Zionist movement in the Third Reich brought about the wearing of the yellow star by the Jews against the wishes of both Goering and Goebbels. (25-6850) [Joseph G. Burg] The 'False News' Trial of Ernst Zündel -- 1988 

"You mentioned earlier that the Zionists and the Nazis collaborated on the drafting of the so-called Nuremberg Race Laws," I said. "Yes," he said, "one of the Zionist collaborators was Rabbi Leo Baeck, who now lives in London, England." "What did Baeck do?" I asked. "He helped the Nazis define who was a jew and who was a German and he suggested the adoption of the yellow, six-pointed star as the symbol of the jewish nation." "You mean that this symbol was not previously used to signify judaism?" I asked. "Oh, it was a jewish symbol, just as it was a Babylonian symbol. The six-pointed star was used by many different people. The German Condor Legion used it as a badge of rank in Spain during the Fascist War from 1936 to 1939. Your American police often use the six-pointed star. But as late as the 1930s, "The Lion of Judah" was used to symbolize jewish nationality. An Interview With JOSEF GINSBURG by Eric Thomson

.....Herwaarden was given a uniform with a half red and half black triangle. The red was political because the man she had relations with was Polish. The black was anti social. She emphasized that there were many, many Germans in the camp who had the same sign that she had. Jews had a star. (25-6649) [Maria Van Herwaarden] The 'False News' Trial of Ernst Zündel -- 1988 

"That German Jewry could raise the Star of David -- Emblazoned Zionist Flag..." (Nuremburg Laws of 1935)

[Wikipdeia] The yellow badge (or yellow patch), also referred to as a Jewish badge, was a cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments in order to mark them as Jews in public. It is intended to be a badge of shame associated with antisemitism. (See: The Jewish hand behind Internet)

(203) this famous photo, which also appears on the cover of J.-C. Pressac’s Les Crématoires d’Auschwitz, appears constantly in the media. A women with a star of David strides past the line of men. She does not seem to suffer from any particular fear of the German soldiers.

(205) Distribution of food in the Plaszow camp, which also appears in Stephen Spielberg’s list. It should be noted that they prisoners are well-fed and clothed and are wearing decent shoes. http://www.cwporter.com/bild4.htm