us-005578-irn522727-irn517726
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archival history: The clipper attachment was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Jan Niebrzydowski.
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.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Silver-colored, rectangular metal plate with 10 comb teeth attached to one of the wide edges. The teeth are one and a half times the length of the plate. The edges on either side of the comb are bent up to serve as brackets.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: approximately 1941-1945
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn517726
is or was included in: us-005578-irn522727
record resource extent: overall: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Interchangeable comb attachment 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.
title: Guide attachment for a manual hair clipper used at a concentration camp