us-005578-irn522727-irn517702
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Silver-colored metal vessel on a round base attached to an inverted cone-shaped body with a smaller cone on top, with a metal apparatus at its peak. The apparatus has a vertical tube with a hole at the top and a cross tube with holes at both ends.
is or was included in: us-005578-irn522727
type: RecordSet
record resource extent: overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Depth: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm)
scope and content: Atomizer 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.
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn522727-irn517702/acquisitions/1
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn522727-irn517702/alternateIDs/1
archival history: The atomizer was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Jan Niebrzydowski.
identifier: irn517702
date: approximately 1941-1945
has or had holder: us-005578
has record set type: Item
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.
title: Metal atomizer used in a concentration camp