Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Hardware found by Marvyn Glyder, a US soldier, near the site of the crematoria at the former Dachau concentration camp, circa 1950. Glyder's Army unit was stationed near Dachau, Germany, in the postwar period.
- Date
-
found:
approximately 1950
- Geography
-
found:
Dachau (Concentration camp);
Dachau (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marvin Glyder
Physical Details
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Fasteners
- Object Type
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Bolts and nuts (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Metal nut and bolt.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Germany--History--1945-1955.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The nut and bolt was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Marvin Glyder.
- 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:
- 2023-09-01 09:42:31
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Pamphlet
Object
Pamphlet acquired by Marvyn Glyder, a US soldier, whose Army unit was stationed near Dachau, Germany, in the postwar period.
