Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Gage discovered by William Rule in a V-2 rocket tunnel in 1945 in the tunnels at Nordhausen. He was a member of the 238th Combat Engineers Division. The tool was located within the tool bins near the assembly lines.
- Date
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found:
1945
- Geography
-
found:
Nordhausen (Concentration camp);
Nordhausen (Thuringia, Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of William Rule
- Contributor
-
Subject:
William Rule
Physical Details
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Measuring instruments
- Object Type
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Gages (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Width: 5.120 inches (13.005 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, plastic
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The gage was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by William Rule.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-08-25 15:01:19
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn2928
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The collection consists of a tolerance gage and 2 aluminum bolts and nuts found in the tunnels at Nordhausen.
Date: 1945
Aluminum bolt found in a tunnel at Nordhausen by a US soldier
Object
The bolt was discovered by William Rule in a V-2 rocket tunnel in 1945 in the tunnels at Nordhausen. He was a member of the 238th Combat Engineers Division.
Aluminum nut found in a tunnel at Nordhausen by a US soldier
Object
The nut was discovered by William Rule in a V-2 rocket tunnel in 1945 in the tunnels at Nordhausen. He was a member of the 238th Combat Engineers Division.
