An Old Nazi Treasure Map May Hide A Secret Cache Of Gold And Gems Worth Millions

It seems like one thing out of a thriller, however a rating of newbie treasure hunters at present scouring the Netherlands are hoping that it’s extremely actual. A map courting again to earlier than the top of World Struggle II and believed to have been made by Nazi troopers who had looted a financial institution in the summertime of 1944 was not too long ago made public by the Dutch Nationwide Archive, setting off a treasure hunt looking for tens of millions of {dollars} price of gold, diamonds, rubies, and different items of valuable jewellery.

Reuters studies that the treasure is reportedly stashed in 4 bins, buried someplace in a discipline in rural Ommeren following an explosion and theft at a Dutch financial institution in direction of the top of the struggle. When the struggle ended, the map was taken from a German soldier by a Dutch institute trying to hint sources of German capital inside the Netherlands. It stayed underneath lock and key for 75 years, after which its legally sure confidentiality lapsed and it fell into the general public area.

As for the treasure itself, it isn’t within the public area, regardless of how lengthy it has been buried within the floor. As Klaas Tammes, the pinnacle of the inspiration that now owns the land the place the treasure could also be buried and the previous mayor of Ommeren, put it:

“A map with a row of three timber and a purple cross marking a spot the place a treasure ought to be hidden sparks the creativeness…Anybody who finds something must report it to us, so we’ll see. However I would not anticipate it to be simple.”

After all, a 75-year-old map would not essentially imply the treasure even exists, not to mention continues to be in its unique hiding spot. It wasn’t discovered throughout makes an attempt to find it again in 1947 earlier than it was tucked away within the Dutch Nationwide Archive. However who can resist a very good treasure hunt? Not 57-year-old Jan Henzen, who spoke to Reuters in between his personal makes an attempt to seek out the misplaced treasure:

“I see teams of individuals with steel detectors in all places…Like lots of people, the information concerning the treasure made me go search for myself. The possibility of the treasure nonetheless being right here after 70 years may be very small I believe, however I need to give it a attempt.”

A Dutch Archives spokesperson factors out that the treasure could effectively have already been dug up ages in the past, however the hope of putting it wealthy on buried loot is simply too attractive to simply let it go with no attempt. Now, the race is on to see who would be the first to seek out it – the film rights to their story alone ought to be price a fortune.