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Hitler: Hitler(Hitler’) was defeated more than 70 years ago, but the search for most of his treasures is still on. From Europe to Russia, Hitler’s Nazi army had stolen gold, gems and priceless artifacts which have been kept hidden. By the end of the war, he had more than 19 billion pounds of gold, but it disappeared with the death of Hitler. Now Nazi gold hunters are searching for this treasure.
Those who discovered a 10 tonne Nazi bullion treasure beneath a Polish castle say they are close to finding a £200 million stash. Priceless paintings along with sculptures, carpets and tapestries by Monet, Manet, Cézanne and other famous artists are believed to be buried in an old silver mine in a mountain range near the Czech-German border. The paintings form a large part of the famous Hatvani Collection, the property of Baron Ferenc Hatvani, who was a prominent Hungarian-Jewish industrialist and art patron.
Nazi gold worth more than £56 million is believed to lie at the bottom of Lake Walchen in Bavaria, one of the deepest and largest alpine lakes. Locals reported seeing German soldiers on the shore of the lake in April 1945, a month before the end of Hitler’s rule. There are also records in the archives showing that Himmler authorized three trucks with military escort to travel from Berlin to Bavaria under the cover of darkness while the troops were in sight.
Reichsbank officials approved a plan to stash part of its reserves in Einsiedel, a hamlet on the southwest coast. This included 365 bags of gold bars, four crates of gold and two bags of gold coins. In June 1945 the treasure was handed over to the Allies. But 100 gold bars, and 94 sacks of US dollars and Swiss francs were missing and have never been found.
Hitler’s big treasure is also hidden in Austrian Lake Toplitz. The boxes are believed by many to contain billions of pounds worth of stolen gold and platinum bullion, as well as documents showing where assets confiscated from Jewish victims were hidden in Swiss bank accounts. In 1959, cases of over £100 million in counterfeit British bank notes were found in the lake during a diving operation as part of Hitler’s plan to destroy Britain’s economy by flooding it with counterfeit notes. Many people searching for treasure in this lake have been killed.
It is said that an entire train laden with gold and treasure was hidden by the Nazis in South West Poland in the final days of the war. An armored train had left Breslau in Poland and arrived at Świebodczyce station, but did not make it to the next station at Wałbrzych which is suspected of entering tunnels under the nearby Auł mountain. More than 330 tonnes of gold, gems, weapons are loaded on the ship. Last year two investigators, Koper and Richter, said they had found the remains of the train at the bottom of a lake in the village of Czerska Wies, Poland. He has applied for permission to pick up the lost Nazi convoy.
