Nazi gold hunters in search of Hitler’s treasure are searching for gold that has mysteriously disappeared. 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 the bulk of the famous Hatvani Collection, the estate of Baron Ferenc Hatvani, who was a prominent Hungarian-Jewish industrialist and art patron. Over £56 million worth of Nazi gold is believed to be lying at the bottom of Lake Walchen in Bavaria , which is 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 the Hitler regime. There are also records in the archives showing that Himmler authorized three trucks with troop 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 a portion 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. The treasure was handed over to the Allies in June 1945. But 100 gold bars, and 94 sacks of US dollars and Swiss francs were missing and have never been found. Hitler’s vast treasure is also hidden in the 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 property confiscated from Jewish victims was 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 murdered.
It is said that an entire train laden with gold and treasure was hidden by the Nazis in southwest 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.
It is known that Hitler was defeated more than 70 years ago, but the search for most of his treasures is still going on. From Europe to Russia, Hitler’s Nazi army had stolen gems and priceless artifacts which have been kept hidden. By the end of the war it had over £19 billion in gold, but all of it disappeared with Hitler’s death. ( PLC/GT )
