The nail was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2018 by Bruce, Janice and Philip Hildenbrand, the children of Donald Hildenbrand.
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overall: Height: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Diameter: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
Nail from the tunnelsl at Berga camp where Donald Hildenbrand performed slave labor, part of a collection of materials that document Donald Hildenbrand’s experiences as one of the 350 American POWs selected from Stalag IXB and sent as a slave laborer at the Berga concentration camp.
Nail from tunnels at Berga camp