us-005578-irn522727-irn517733
is or was included in: us-005578-irn522727
record resource extent: overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Flat, rectangular piece of discolored white soap with gray streaks and striations.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn522727-irn517733/alternateIDs/1
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.
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn522727-irn517733/acquisitions/1
type: RecordSet
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
title: Small used bar of soap from a concentration camp
has or had holder: us-005578
date: approximately 1941-1945
has record set type: Item
scope and content: Soap 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.
identifier: irn517733
archival history: The soap was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Jan Niebrzydowski.