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Two-layer whetstone used by a barber in a concentration camp

Object | Accession Number: 2005.457.30

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    Two-layer whetstone used by a barber in a concentration camp
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    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Blade-sharpening stone 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
    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

    Classification
    Tools and Equipment
    Object Type
    Whetstones (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    Rectangular, heavy, gray stone with a gritty surface. There are 2 triangular sections of smoother white stone fused to the ends of one side, with a depression in the middle from wear.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Width: 5.625 inches (14.287 cm) | Depth: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
    Materials
    overall : stone

    Rights & Restrictions

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    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The whetstone was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Jan Niebrzydowski.
    Record last modified:
    2024-10-03 13:10:47
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