DAS VERGISSMEINNICHT
THE FORGET ME-NOT

Throughout the entire Nazis era, a little blue flower in the lapel marked a Brother. In the Concentration Camps and in the cities a little blue Forget-Me-Not distinguished the lapels of those who refused to allow the light of Masonry to be extinguished.

In 1947 when the Grand Lodge of the Sun was reopened in Bayreuth by Past Grand Master Beyer, a little blue pin in the shape of a Forget-Me-Not, was proposed and adopted as the official emblem of the first annual convention of those who survived the bitter years of semi-darkness, bringing the light of Masonry once again into the Temples.

At the annual Convention of the United Grand Lodges of Germany, A.F. & A.M. in 1948, the pin was adopted as an official Masonic emblem honoring those valiant Brethren who carried their work on under adverse conditions.

At the Grand Masters conference in the United States. Dr. Theodor Vogel the Grand Master of the newly-formed UGL. A.F. & A.M. presented one of the pins to each of the representatives of the Grand Jurisdiction with which the UGL, A.F. & A.M. enjoyed Fraternal relations Thus did a simple flower blossom forth into a meaningful emblem of the Fraternity and become perhaps the most widely worn pin among Freemasons in Germany.