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Re: Nazi gold train 'found in Poland'

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Post by 4thskorpion » 28 Aug 2015, 17:49

A further media update:
Nazi gold train is FOUND: Deathbed confession leads treasure hunters to secret location as Polish officials claim they have seen proof on radar. Today, Poland’s Culture Ministry announced that a man who helped hide the train had revealed its location shortly before he died.

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Re: Nazi gold train 'found in Poland'

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Post by forresty » 28 Aug 2015, 17:57

The international law says it's Polish property, so called abandon former German property.
It's true as far as German state and private property is considered. That rule doesn't apply to items stolen by Nazis. But how can you identify owners of coins, jewellery, golden bars and so on? It's virtually impossible. But as i said.. I think no gold is there.


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Post by Ingsoc75 » 28 Aug 2015, 20:14

It's full StG44s with ZG1229 IR gear!

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Post by Münchausen » 29 Aug 2015, 03:05

Saw this on twitter today : "This train could have been chartered by H.Kammler in May,1945 and contain extremely precious archives bounded to "Projekt Glocke", "Projekt Hnb, "Projekt Hvdrng".

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Post by wm » 29 Aug 2015, 11:52

It's the duty of those owners or their heirs to submit a proper claim, and then the item will be returned to the rightful owner. Of course the finders will get their ten per cent. By default the state is the heir.

But it is still to early to file a claim. All that hype is based on a few confusing radargrams like this, nothing more:
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It's not the first time, earlier this year a radargrams based discovery of that train was announced by some people and nothing came out of it.

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German WW2 armored train found in Poliand. Intact

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Post by Felix C » 29 Aug 2015, 23:15

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-29/p ... ts/6734296

Amazing story. Wonder what may be onboard.
Ground penetrating radar confirms a train in a tunnel under a castle.

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Post by OpanaPointer » 30 Aug 2015, 00:24

If they haven't opened the tunnel how do they know it's intact?
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Post by Marcus » 30 Aug 2015, 10:33

Several posts discussing restitution were moved to a new thread at http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=217639

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Post by wm » 31 Aug 2015, 09:21

The place, by analyzing the scarce information available and eliminating locations unsuitable for building tunnels, reportedly is guarded by the police now:
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Post by 4thskorpion » 31 Aug 2015, 10:03

'Golden package tours' have been launched for English-speaking tourists in the wake of the media hubbub over a supposedly treasure-laden Nazi train that may have been located in Wałbrzych, south west Poland. - http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/21905 ... tery#.dpuf

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Post by Xavier » 31 Aug 2015, 18:41

I hope the poles open a museum with the train 'in site" after they remove the loot, whatever it is...

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Post by 4thskorpion » 02 Sep 2015, 12:36

Nazi 'gold train': Poland to bring in army to help in hunt.
Defence ministry says it will send technical equipment to region of lower Silesia to establish whether train exists.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/s ... lp-in-hunt

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Post by uhu » 02 Sep 2015, 19:14

Doesn't the train and its contents belong to the DRB or its successor?

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Post by roamer » 02 Sep 2015, 19:39

uhu wrote:Doesn't the train and its contents belong to the DRB or its successor?
Nope! Law said its polish.

Int. law said that culture thinks like paintings or the amber-room "berneinstein-zimmer" have to be given back!
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Reason: Surely you mean "Bernsteinzimmer" - and not "berneinstein-zimmer" - isn't it so?

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Post by Dieter Zinke » 03 Sep 2015, 19:28

Wasn't there not a detailed notice about this train in the famous "Hitler-diaries" found by the "Stern"-Magazin - and written by Konrad Kujau ?? :P :P
A likely story to read tea leaves and for dowsers, now and ever and unto ages and ages.

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