Traveling shaving brush container from a concentration camp
Extent and Medium
a: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
b: Height: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) | Diameter: 0.875 inches (2.223 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 container 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
Shaving brush handle used by Alexander Stankiewicz while an inmate at Mauthausen concentration camp where he worked as a barber. Stankiewicz was a Roman Catholic Pole, living in Wloclawek, (Leslau) Poland, who was arrested in 1941 by the occupying Germans for his membership in a Polish political and literary organization. At Mauthausen, his prisoner number was 24993. 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
a. Silver-colored, metal container with an egg-shaped upper body attached to tapering, conical, banded stand. There are gold-colored rings at the widest part of the cup and where it joins the base. The interior is lined with horizontal grooves. The stand has 2 gold-colored rings near its base and Polish text engraved on the bottom. b. Small, silver-colored metal disc with a shallow lip, serving as a lid.
Subjects
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Political prisoners--Poland--Biography.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Polish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives, Polish.
- Concentration camp inmates--Austria.
Genre
- Containers
- Object