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Has the Fat Controller gone ?
Fortune hunters flock to Polish town after alleged find of Nazi gold train
Time to take my spade on holiday as well I think... 😆
[quote=matt_outandabout ]And a small note, left pinned to the open door saying [s]'ttthhhhhhhhppppppppppp!'[/s] 'I’m afraid there is no money'
The town was called Waldenburg prior to its current Polish name.
The town was essentially either Prussian, Austrian or German from any time between 1717 and 1945. Any slavs (today's locals) would have been in the minority during much of that time. A mass exodus of Germans took place at the end of the war as the Russians were advancing (biggest "Volkswanderung" in modern times).
Have a read up on Merkers mine or the Altaussee mineor the golden pot in Lake Chiemsee or......
So much was taken and squirrelled away that there is a good chance not all of it has been recovered.
There is a good
Apparently they really found a train.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nazi-treasure-train-hunt-significant-find-confirmed-poland-n416201
Giving me flashbacks to that time I was in the Goonies.
I'm still placing a bet on empty and a note...
Even the press conference looks like a myth now...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/11830226/Nazi-gold-train-found-live.html
They have only gone an bloomin well found it (well, a train)...