Poland looking into report of Nazi treasure train found

Reuters-UK ^ | August 19, 2015 | Alexandra Hamilton

[Ozark Tom]

Easy peasey if a spur branched off a nearby rail main line. An enterprising officer and compatriots arranged for retirement, it being common knowledge in some circles, the end was near. The evidence of the spur and the tunnel entry into an underground war materials production site was obliterated. If needed, destroy a mock shipment to cover inquiries about the loss. Remove witnesses.

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[submarinerswife]

From the article:

Radio Wroclaw cited local folklore as saying the train entered a tunnel near Ksiaz Castle in the mountainous Lower Silesian region and never emerged. According to that theory, the tunnel was later closed and its location long forgotten.

[bboop]

‘That tunnel was later closed and its location long forgoten’ — sounds like Lord of the Rings.

[BlueLancer]

"‘That tunnel was later closed and its location long forgotten’ — sounds like Lord of the Rings."

Sounds like the plot for "Kolchak's Gold" ...

[Eleutheria5]

They’re the ones going to be digging it up and distributing it, adjudicating claims. And the Polish government, while a different organization then than now, represents the Polish people, including expatriates originally from Poland. They have a big job ahead of them. They should get a cut.

[colorado tanker]

This is near the Czech and German border in some pretty rugged country. If there was a tunnel that could be closed, I could buy stashing a train in there.

[colorado tanker]

Assuming there really is a train, it could have had anything in it, not necessarily loot. Breslau was the major city of the then German province of Silesia. During WWII it was considered "safe" in that it was too far east to get the regular British and American bombings Berlin and other cities were getting. So, the population swelled.

The great Operation Bagration drove the Germans out of all Russia and half of Poland, but stopped on the Vistula line in August 1944. The Germans lulled into a false sense of security. Suddenly, in January 1945 the Russians jumped off the winter offensive that would take them to within 40 miles of Berlin. Konev was headed straight for Breslau and fast. A panicked evacuation of civilians began.

So, who knows what might have been on that train? Could have been loot from the East. Could have been machinery; that was a German industrial region. Could have been valuable stuff senior administrators and rich people were taking. Or, opening that tunnel might be another Al Capone's Vault moment.

The epilogue is the Wehrmacht designated Breslau as a Festung, or strong point. It was completely surrounded by mid-February and did not fall until after Berlin fell. Most of the city was destroyed in bitter fighting.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks colorado tanker.

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[BeauBo]

Great treasures remain lost after WWII. The Amber Room of Catherine the Great’s palace in St. Petersburg was never recovered, and the wall panels could be crated up on that train. There is enough un-accounted for loot, that it could have enough gold to sink a ship. I am pretty stoked to see what they find.

I read an article on ABC News, which reported:

” According to Polish folklore, the “ghost” train went missing in May 1945 after the train, which was armed and filled with treasure, entered a series of secret tunnels under the Owl Mountains.

The secret tunnels, which the Nazis never finished, were part of a project known as “Riese,” which means “Giant.” The area of tunnels belonged to Germany then but is now a part of Poland. “

[BeauBo]

Another report (UK Daily Mail) said that the train entered a secret tunnel complex near Ksiaz Castle in Lower Silesia, just North of Walbrzych (then Waldenberg), and the entrance was sealed. Supposedly, the tunnels were built to be hidden during the war. This castle would naturally be attractive to Nazis, especially any withancestral links to local nobility:

[colorado tanker]

I'm a little skeptical about this train arriving in May. Berlin fell and hostilities ended in early May. Before that, this area was on the front lines as Breslau had been surrounded and nearby Bunzlau (Boleslaviec) was in Russian hands.

Whenever it may have arrived, I have to think someone found something of value to hire lawyers to contact the Polish authorities.

I finally concluded the Amber Room must have been destroyed in the near total destruction of Konigsburg during the Russian siege. It would be one of the coolest finds in years if it turned up intact on this alleged train.

[Trumpinator]

Could it be where the Russian Amber Room was stashed?

[shotgun]

Some idiot in Wenathchee, WA a couple years agaon was remodeling their house and cam across $35,000 in silver bars. They went through the property records and found a family member from a previous owner who had hid it there and gave them the silver!