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.
Hand-held brush with a silver-colored, metal handle. The flat-bottomed handle has an engraved crown with letters. It tapers, then widens to a ring, then tapers again and is attached to an oval metal collar encasing wood that holds tufts of tan bristles. The wood is held in the collar by a nail at one end; the other end has a hole, but no nail.
Barber's neck duster 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.
overall: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
Barber's brush used in a concentration camp
The duster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Jan Niebrzydowski.
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