Metal tube for a menthol inhaler used in concentration camp

Object | Accession Number: 2005.457.8

Overview

Brief Narrative: Case for a menthol inhaler 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.
Date: use: approximately 1941-1945
Geography: issue: Mauthausen (Concentration camp); Mauthausen (Austria)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jan Niebrzydowski
Markings: end of cap, top of outer circle, bottom of letters inward, stamped : CUSHMAN’S / MENTHOL INHALER
end of cap, middle circle, bottom of letters inward, stamped : [--?] [--?] & CO. / LONDON
end of cap, inner circle, bottom of letters inward, stamped : SOLE / PROPRIETORS
Contributor: Subject: Alexander Stankiewicz
Biography: 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 Details

Language: English
Classification: Containers
Category: Metal containers
Object Type: Inhalers (lcsh)
Physical Description: Green-brown metal cylinder with flat ends and a removable cap, about one quarter the length of the tube. There is a small ridge where the cap slides on. A star and 3 concentric circles of English text are stamped on the cap end.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Diameter: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
Materials: overall : metal, paint

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Concentration camp inmates--Austria. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives, Polish. Political prisoners--Poland--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Polish.
Geographic Name: Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.

Administrative Notes

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The tube was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Jan Niebrzydowski.

Record last modified:: 2024-11-07 14:09:14
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Alexander Stankiewicz papers

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