A newly-released map has sparked a treasure hunt for R325 million of Nazi loot | Business Insider

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A newly-released map has sparked a treasure hunt for R325 million of Nazi loot

The Buren council website,"Experts point out that the area is close to the frontline of the Second World War. Searching there is dangerous because of possible unexploded bombs, landmines, or grenades. We, therefore, advise against searching for the Nazi treasure."

The new information on the supposed loot emerged last week when the National Archive released more than 1,300 historical documents, including a file of failed attempts by the Dutch authorities to find the cache shortly after the war ended in 1946-47. Working on information from a German soldier, named only as Helmut S., who said he'd helped bury the ammunition boxes in 1945 as Hitler's army retreated, the authorities conducted three searches. Nothing was found, and it was suspected locals may have seen the German soldiers burying the loot and liberated it themselves.

Another theory is that American soldiers nabbed the treasure. During the third dig, staff from the Dutch Institute of Asset and Property Management, which managed the wealth of people who had disappeared during World War II, were approached by two US officers. The Americans told the searchers,"'we don't know what you're doing, but please mind your business, and this is our affair,'" Waalkens said, per The Guardian

 

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