Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Gavel used by Lieutenant Colonel David H. Thomas to close the Dachau and Nordhausen war crimes trials in 1947. Col. Thomas was one of seven officers designated by the Headquarters of the European Command to constitute the court for the Kurt Andrae case. He was also a lawyer for the Judge Advocate General during the Dora war crimes trials.
- Date
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use:
1947
- Geography
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use:
Nordhausen Trial;
Dachau (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Estate of Col. David H. Thomas
- Contributor
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Subject:
David H. Thomas
Physical Details
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Hand tools
- Object Type
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Gavels (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Varnished and stained, turned, lightweight, brown wooden gavel with a cylindrical handle with a knob end, with a short extension, then a recessed band that extends into a smooth handle that tapers, expands, then tapers to attach to the barrel shaped head. The head has a series of ridges and grooves and slightly rounded ends.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
- Materials
- overall : wood, varnish stain
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The gavel was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by David H. Thomas II, the son of David H. Thomas.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-16 07:35:08
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn84482
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