Aluminum bolt found in a tunnel at Nordhausen by a US soldier
- Date
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found:
1945
- Geography
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found:
Nordhausen (Concentration camp);
Nordhausen (Thuringia, Germany)
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Fasteners
- Object Type
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Bolts and nuts (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of William Rule
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.
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Record last modified: 2023-09-01 09:42:31
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Also in William Rule collection
The collection consists of a tolerance gage and 2 aluminum bolts and nuts found in the tunnels at Nordhausen.
Date: 1945
Tolerance gage found in a tunnel at Nordhausen by a US soldier
Object
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.
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.
