Pin made by a concentration camp inmate bought by 2 child inmates for their mother

Monius (later Martin) Spett was born on December 2, 1928, in Tarnow, Poland. In September 1939, the city was occupied by Nazi Germany. In 1940, the German authorities removed Monius and his family from their apartment. During the first massacre of Jews, Monius hid in an attic. The family was able to hide during two more roundups. In May 1943, the family was registered, allegedly to be exchanged for German prisoners of war, because Monius' mother, Sala, was born in the United States. They were taken by train to Krakow and then to Bergen Belsen concentration camp in Germany. They were to be transported to Theresienstadt ghetto labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia, but the Allied troops' advance stopped the transport. Monius was liberated by American troops on April 13, 1945. After the war, he spent some time in Belgium and then immigrated to the United States in 1947. 

The brooch was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Martin Spett. 

Pin made by a concentration camp inmate bought by 2 child inmates for their mother 

overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) 

Floral cloth brooch given to Sala Spett by her children, Monius (later Martin) and Rozia, while the family was imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany between May 1943 and April 1945. It was bought on her birthday, May 19, 1943,"as a remembrance by my children, Rozia, 9, and Monius, 14, and my husband, for a slice of bread which meant a day's hunger in Bergen-Belsen" The brooch was handmade by a young girl from Warsaw who was in their camp. The family was from Tarnow, Poland. Sala was an American citizen raised in Poland. Her husband worked at the city's tax office. After the German occupation in September 1939, the family lived in the ghetto and in hiding. In 1943, they were deported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. They were liberated while on an evacuation train by American troops on April 13, 1945. The Spett family emigrated to the United States in 1947. 

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Hand crafted, oval shaped, floral brooch made of painted cloth. In the center is a large red-orange flower, with 3 smaller blue flowers with yellow centers resembling violets on the right, and 1 smaller blue flower with yellow center and three red-orange berries on the left. The flowers are surrounded by a ring of 12 green leaves, There is a pin on the back.