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Martin Pengelly in New York

Justice Clarence Thomas’s megadonor friend collects Hitler memorabilia – report

Democrats have called for investigations of gifts to Clarence Thomas.
Democrats have called for investigations of gifts to Clarence Thomas. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

The Republican megadonor whose gifts to the supreme court justice Clarence Thomas have come under the spotlight has a private collection including a garden of statues of dictators, including Mussolini and Stalin; Nazi memorabilia; and paintings including two works by Adolf Hitler, the Washingtonian reported.

“I still can’t get over the collection of Nazi memorabilia,” the Washingtonian quoted an anonymous source as saying, regarding a visit to Harlan Crow’s Texas home. “It would have been helpful to have someone explain the significance of all the items. Without that context, you sort of just gasp when you walk into the room.”

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