Daniel T. O'Connell collection

Identifier: irn34554
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn34554

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Robert F. Callahan, the grandson of Daniel T. O'Connell.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a judicial robe and a photograph relating to the experiences of Justice Daniel Theodore O'Connell who was a presiding judge at the Race and Resettlement Office (RuSHA) main trial in Nuremberg, Germany, from October 20, 1947, to February 17, 1948.

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Justice Daniel T. O'Connell photograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42419
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Photograph of Justice O'Connell in the courtroom, date and location unknown.
Black long sleeved robe with a braided cord worn by a US judge at the Nuremberg trials
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn42420
- English
- overall: Height: 50.000 inches (127 cm) | Width: 52.000 inches (132.08 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Black long sleeved judicial gown worn by Justice Daniel T. O’Connell, an American judge who sat on Military Tribunal I during the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials in Germany from October 20, 1947, to February 17, 1948. Justice O’Connell was a superior court judge from Massachusetts and tried Case #8, the RuSHA case. On trial were the leading officials of Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt [Race and Resettlement Main Office] or RuSHA, an organization that oversaw the racial purity and cleansing policies and programs of the Nazi government. Fourteen defendants were tried; 13 were found guilty.

Daniel T. O'Connell collection

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Justice Daniel T. O'Connell photograph

Black long sleeved robe with a braided cord worn by a US judge at the Nuremberg trials