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| 'Nazi gold train': deathbed confession may have revealed location | 'Nazi gold train': deathbed confession may have revealed location |
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| A deathbed confession may have revealed the location of a Nazi train rumoured to have been carrying gold, which has been missing in Poland since the second world war. | A deathbed confession may have revealed the location of a Nazi train rumoured to have been carrying gold, which has been missing in Poland since the second world war. |
| Poland’s deputy culture minister, Piotr Zuchowski, said ground-penetrating radar had found images of a train near Wałbrzych, in the country’s south-west, on a 4km stretch of railway near the Wroclaw to Walbrzych line. | |
| Calling it an exceptional find, Zuchowski said the fact the train appeared to be armoured indicated it was carrying valuable cargo. A deathbed confession from an unnamed man had led officials to the site, he added. | Calling it an exceptional find, Zuchowski said the fact the train appeared to be armoured indicated it was carrying valuable cargo. A deathbed confession from an unnamed man had led officials to the site, he added. |
| “I am more than 99% certain that this train exists,” he told a press conference on Friday. | “I am more than 99% certain that this train exists,” he told a press conference on Friday. |
| The German train has long been rumoured to have gone missing filled with up to 300 tonnes of gold, jewels and weapons, as well as valuable art, when the Nazis were fleeing Russia’s Red Army. Legend says the train entered a tunnel in the mountainous Lower Silesia region and never emerged, with the tunnel closed up and its location forgotten. | The German train has long been rumoured to have gone missing filled with up to 300 tonnes of gold, jewels and weapons, as well as valuable art, when the Nazis were fleeing Russia’s Red Army. Legend says the train entered a tunnel in the mountainous Lower Silesia region and never emerged, with the tunnel closed up and its location forgotten. |
| Treasure hunters have been searching for the train since the end of the war, as did the Polish army during the communist era, but it was never found. | |
| Earlier this month, Poland appealed to enthusiasts to stop searching for the train, after a German and a Pole said they had found it and expected a finder’s fee of 10%. | Earlier this month, Poland appealed to enthusiasts to stop searching for the train, after a German and a Pole said they had found it and expected a finder’s fee of 10%. |
| “This is a find of world significance, on a par with [discovering] the Titanic,” Jarosław Chmielewski, the men’s lawyer, told Radio Wroclaw. | “This is a find of world significance, on a par with [discovering] the Titanic,” Jarosław Chmielewski, the men’s lawyer, told Radio Wroclaw. |
| Their announcement led to a crowd of fortune seekers descending on the area, the authorities said, warning the train could be booby-trapped. | Their announcement led to a crowd of fortune seekers descending on the area, the authorities said, warning the train could be booby-trapped. |