Button
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
Archival History
The button was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Lászlo Fekete and Mihály Fekete.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Lászlo Fekete and Mihály Fekete
Scope and Content
Part of collection of ceramic decorations made by Béla Fekete and Éva Barta in their ceramics workshop. Béla Fekete, who was not Jewish, and his wife Éva Barta, who was Jewish, made these decorations by day and sold them to make a modest living. At night they forged identity papers with Béla creating the documents and Éva making the official looking stamps to go with them. Hundreds of people benefitted from their work, and in 2012 Béla Fekete was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Button in the shape of a sailboat
Genre
- Object
- Tools and Equipment