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Manual hair clipper with blade guard used in a concentration camp

Object | Accession Number: 2005.457.11

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    Manual hair clipper with blade guard used in a concentration camp

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Clipper 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
    inside right handle, engraved : Alaska
    inside left handle, engraved : No 125/000
    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
    Physical Description
    Silver-colored metal clipper with a removable blade guard. It has 2 arms extending from a rounded casing attached with a wing nut and 3 screws. The left arm is attached firmly and the right arm is attached on a spring inside the casing. Each arm has a finger grip halfway along its length. There is text engraved on the inside surface of the right arm. There are 2 flat, overlapping plates on the underside with sharp combs on their leading edge. The bottom plate has engraved letters and numbers. The rectangular, thin, metal guard slides on and off the comb; it has folded edges on 3 sides to hold it in place.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm) | Width: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
    Materials
    overall : metal

    Rights & Restrictions

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

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The clipper was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Jan Niebrzydowski.
    Record last modified:
    2023-01-19 11:37:34
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