Five Spectacular Lost Nazi Treasures
by Here’s a list of five spectacular Nazi treasures that have never been found to this day.
Finally in Nazi possession, the Amber room was put on display in the Castle of Konigsberger where the public could see the treasure the Nazi’s had looted. In August 1944, after bombing efforts the castle laid in ruins and the Amber room had mysteriously disappeared.
It is said the room was destroyed in the bombing attacks but treasure hunters swear there is documentation proving the Amber room was packed up and hidden away. Even test of the ruins of the castle supposedly showed no signs of burnt Amber which leads people to believe it had in fact been moved.
After 1944 the Amber room totally disappeared but clues kept surfacing which suggested to historians and treasure hunters that the amazing piece of history is still out there waiting to be found.
Nazi Gold & Auckland Islands
Now this very well could be just a myth since there has been no real proof like eye witnesses or paper work like the others mentioned above, but never the less the story started somewhere.
It is said that a Nazi U-Boat had visited the islands in 1945 to hide various boxes of gold, silver and foreign currency. It’s not clear if it was buried on the island or if the soldiers merely just sunk it in a specific area.
Although there is no real proof of this story there are look out towers on the island that were said to be used for a short time by Nazi soldiers so maybe it is true.
Each lost Nazi treasure is spectacular in its own way but the fact is that each treasure is that of the peoples and not one single person. Most of the gold and silver bars used to be jewelry that of the poor and condemned that was melted down into bars.
Hitler’s plan for hiding all these valuable and irreplaceable treasures was in case he lost the war then he would have funds to fall back on to rebuild the Nazi regime and start all over. I guess it just wasn’t Hitler’s fate to take over the world.
Now the world could have possibly lost some of the most important artworks and treasures from history which is a real pity.
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Post Commentnickseagull
On August 10, 2008 at 3:09 am
Nazi was nasty and evil, but we can still make a fortune with the leftovers. lol.
tracy sardelli
On August 11, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Wow, really interesting article, thank you.
Lauren Axelrod
On August 23, 2008 at 2:03 pm
If any of Hitlers gold turns up, it should be placed in a museum or traced back to the rightful owners or decendents. It truly would be sick to capitalize on something that had such value in the historical sense.
Great article by the way.
jo oliver
On September 11, 2008 at 10:36 pm
I have always heard that Hitler actually was sending out small search expeditions to look for artifacts and treasures all over the places he was invading. One PBS program I was watching actually showed pictures of SS soldiers with the archeology grid set up. So, there is no telling what they found and hide during the war.
Also, with the massive amount of people that was murdered….imagine all the valuables that they brought with them. I feel sure that SS soldiers took most of these items for themselves.
I found this article fascinating.
Patrick Bernauw
On September 15, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Great article!… Please write more of these “true treasure stories”!
lindalulu
On November 16, 2008 at 12:10 pm
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chris73
On May 31, 2009 at 4:41 pm
It is also the treasure taken from the Jews of my town, Thessaloniki, Greece. In WW2 the majority where Jews here. I don;t know a lot about this but you can make a research
Leonardo da Vinci E.
On September 4, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Very interesting topic. Thank you for arranging it!