Leather wristband with numbered identification tag issued in a concentration camp
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 5.375 inches (13.653 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
Creator(s)
- Alexander Stankiewicz (Subject)
Biographical History
Alexander Stankiewicz, a Roman Catholic, was born on November 16, 1903, in Kamienskoje (or Kaminsk) Poland (or Russia). He was of Polish nationality and lived with his mother, Stanislawa Raczowska. He was barber and hairdresser. In 1941, he lived in Wloclawek, Poland, called Leslau by the occupying Germans. He was arrested February 16 for membership in a Polish political and literary organization, Kujawski Zwiazek Polityczno Literacki Zew. He was sentenced to prison and sent to Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. His prisoner number was 24993. On March 11, 1943, he was transferred to a work detail in a nearby subcamp in Linz. After the war, he returned to Poland.
Archival History
The wristband was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Jan Niebrzydowski.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jan Niebrzydowski
Scope and Content
Wristband worn by Alexnder Stankiewicz with his prisoner identification number, 24993, for Mauthausen concentration camp. Stankiewicz was a Roman Catholic Pole, living in Wloclawek (Lesalu), Poland, who in 1941 was arrested and sent to Mauthausen by the occupying German for his membership in a Polish political and literary organization. He worked as a barber in the camp. After the war ended in 1945, he returned to Poland.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Dark brown, rectangular, leather band with an oval, silver colored, metal tag attached. The tag has stamped text, and a notch at each end, wrapped with short leather straps that are stitched to the band. The tag is split vertically. The band is divided at one end into 2 long strips that fit through 2 holes in the other end, which double back to fasten through a buckle.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Polish.
- Political prisoners--Poland--Biography.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives, Polish.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Concentration camp inmates--Austria.
Genre
- Identifying Artifacts
- Object