Fricke hadn’t initially been interested in treasure, but had obtained special permission to dive in the lake to research what kind of life might survive in its oxygenless depths. 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Awa Maru treasure: Legend 1945 — Gold, platinum, and diamonds worth more than $5 billion. Generals Eisenhower and Patton inside the Merker’s mine. There are claims the cargo ship was used to transport gold from banks in South America to Nazi Germany when it sank in 1939. 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Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Peking Man Fossils. DEA/L. Claims suggest the SS Minden was used to transport gold from South America to Germany in 1939, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Newly discovered Nazi shipwreck may solve hidden treasure mystery 'All this, put together, stimulates the human imagination’, diver says nazi diary reveals secret location of wwii treasure worth billions, report says Archaeologists have found a number of different Nazi artifacts in Poland in recent weeks. Firefighters have brought the fire under control but they expected to keep working through the day, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny posing for a selfie with his family at Berlin's Charite hospital. AMS had fallen foul of Iceland’s rules when searching for the treasure, which was located 120 miles from the shore. Nazi gold stored in Merkers Salt Mine. The room, built in 18th century Prussia as a gift to Tsar Peter the Great, was considered an eighth wonder of the world for the amber and gold leaf panels it was adorned with. In its holds, we discovered military vehicles, porcelain and many crates with contents still unknown. Masks, which were already compulsory on public transport, in enclosed public spaces, and outdoors in Paris in certain high-congestion areas around tourist sites, were made mandatory outdoors citywide on August 28 to fight the rising coronavirus infections, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows to the national flag at the start of a press conference at the prime minister official residence in Tokyo. Documentation from the time suggests the boat left Koenigsberg in a hurry, with a large cargo and 1,083 people on board. ", Read our full mailing list consent terms here. U.S. troops found roughly 7,000 sacks of gold bullion neatly piled in the underground area, measuring approximately 75-feet deep and 150-feet wide. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? In April 1945, the World War II steamer Karlsruhe sunk to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Germany: Nazi treasure found in tunnels 2,000 feet below village On March 22, 1945, the US Army crossed the Rhine River , and drove into the heart of … The huge blaze broke out overnight at the port of Ancona. A random background check designed to expose money-launderers travelling to Switzerland has uncovered a treasure … Nazi Gold: The Merkers Mine Treasure. READ MORE: Sunken Nazi Gold and 4 Other Never-Found Treasures. The rusting remains of the German cruiser Karlsruhe were found at the bottom of the sea off the coast of Poland. A treasure trove of Nazi artifacts has been discovered near the capital of Argentina. It is believed that it contains approximately four tons of valuable metal. Hunting Nazi Treasure is produced by Saloon Media and BriteSpark Films (UK) in association with Corus Entertainment’s HISTORY and More4 (Channel 4). By Greg Bradsher Late on the evening of March 22, 1945, elements of Lt. Gen. George Patton's Third Army crossed the Rhine, and soon thereafter his whole army crossed the river and drove into the heart of Germany. “Finding the German steamer and the crates with contents as yet unknown resting on the bottom of the Baltic Sea may be significant for the whole story,". Pin Me! Lost when the Japanese ship Awa Maru was torpedoed by the USS Queenfish and sank in April 1945. The ship had been part of Operation Hannibal, a mass sea evacuation designed to help more than one million German troops and civilians from East Prussia escape the Soviet advance towards the conclusion of the war. Stunned divers have discovered treasure chests on a a sunken Nazi warship, that could hold £250 million of long-lost gold.. Thailand has seen near-daily protests in recent weeks by students demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Members of the Kayapo tribe block the BR163 highway during a protest outside Novo Progresso in Para state, Brazil. It was last spotted towards the end of the conflict in the former German port city of Koenigsberg, now Kaliningrad, Russia. Read our full mailing list consent terms here. 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A search began for possible survivors after a scanner detected a pulse one month after the mega-blast at the adjacent port, A full moon next to the Virgen del Panecillo statue in Quito, Ecuador, A Palestinian woman reacts as Israeli forces demolish her animal shed near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Students protest against presidential elections results in Minsk, The pack rides during the 3rd stage of the Tour de France between Nice and Sisteron, Law enforcement officers block a street during a rally of opposition supporters protesting against presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, A woman holding a placard reading "Stop Censorship - Yes to the Freedom of Expression" shouts in a megaphone during a protest against the mandatory wearing of face masks in Paris. ... were convinced that they were on the trail of a legendary gold treasure train hidden by Nazi troops in a tunnel as the Germans fled the area between Wroclaw and Walbrzych in … "It is practically intact. British treasure hunters have found a chest which could contain $163m (£125m) worth of Nazi gold. Citizens of Walbrzych, Poland, claimed to have found evidence last year that the generals of the Third Reich had … It was around that time that the Karlsruhe steamer set sail in 1945 with a heavy cargo - but what lay aboard the ship has remained a mystery after Soviet warplanes sunk the vessel off the Polish coast. De … We apologise for any inconvenience caused but are excited to bring you a host of new commenting features very soon. 31, no. The huge blaze broke out overnight at the port of Ancona. Some of these treasures were recovered by the Allies, but there is still $37 billion worth of treasure missing. Soon after, Generals Eisenhower and Patton traveled to the mine and discovered years’ worth of stolen Nazi gold. Omnion Cultural fights for the independence of Catalonia, The Moria refugee camp, two days after Greece's biggest migrant camp, was destroyed by fire. Sunken Nazi Gold and 4 Other Never-Found Treasures From a trove of Fabergé eggs to Nazi-stolen gold dumped in a lake, these supposedly missing stashes have … Firefighters have brought the fire under control but they expected to keep working through the day, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny posing for a selfie with his family at Berlin's Charite hospital. Now divers from the Baltictech group say they have found the wreckage of the Karlsruhe - with a number of unopened crates still to be explored. 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Story highlights Some 75 artifacts, including a bust of Hitler, were found in a secret room In an Instagram post he said he could now breathe independently following his suspected poisoning last month, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida celebrate after Suga was elected as new head of the ruling party at the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election in Tokyo, A man stands behind a burning barricade during the fifth straight day of protests against police brutality in Bogota, Police officers block and detain protesters during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus. They are now claiming the contents belong to the finder and are awaiting a decision from Icelandic officials on the legal owner of the wreckage and the haul. It's being called the biggest collection found in the country's history, The Associated Press is reporting. By 1983 it was thought that the lake was completely cleaned of all Nazi material, but in that same year a biologist, Professor Hans Fricke, started diving in Toplitz and found even more items. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. 'All this, put together, stimulates the human imagination’, diver says, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Nazi diary may reveal secret location of World War II treasure worth billions. British treasure hunters have found a chest which could contain $163m (£125m) worth of Nazi gold. Reconstruction of Peking Man's skull, by Franz Weidenreich. A diary written by an SS officer charged with hiding Nazi treasure from the Red Army as the Second World War drew to a close has revealed one stash is hidden under a … Article commenting is temporarily unavailable while we carry out essential upgrade work. Watch this space. A long-hidden diary written by a Nazi officer may point to the location of a treasure stash that includes more than 30 tons of buried gold. Nazi Treasure Tipline: Viewers who may have a lead on a piece of looted treasure can contact 1-866-994-4287 or wwiiart@monumentfoundation.org . Photos are all courtesy Hunting Nazi Treasure. DIVERS have discovered the wreck of a sunken Nazi warship that they believe may contain the legendary $324million Amber Room treasures. Masks, which were already compulsory on public transport, in enclosed public spaces, and outdoors in Paris in certain high-congestion areas around tourist sites, were made mandatory outdoors citywide on August 28 to fight the rising coronavirus infections, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows to the national flag at the start of a press conference at the prime minister official residence in Tokyo. A long-lost treasure may have finally been found. A treasure trove of Nazi artifacts has been discovered near the capital of Argentina.