Declassified treasure map to looted Nazi riches sparks huge hunt – National | 24CA News

On Open Access Day, the National Archives within the Netherlands declassifies hundreds of presidency paperwork which have been cleared for public entry.

In 2022, recordsdata from 1947 turned 75, and reached the utmost variety of years a doc might be hidden from public view. On Jan. 3, they had been formally made public — and one file, specifically, is attracting international consideration.

“A real treasure map this time,” the National Archives wrote in its annual press launch for Open Access Day, “containing the clues to a never-found Nazi treasure that is said to be buried near Ommeren.”

The decades-old map is believed to mark 4 spots the place German troopers hid treasure price hundreds of thousands of {dollars}, containing diamonds, rubies, gold, silver and all types of bijou. Archivists consider that the treasure was looted from a financial institution in close by Arnhem throughout battle and was buried shortly after.

The launch of the map on Jan. 3 sparked a treasure-hunting craze within the Netherlands. Armed with steel detectors and shovels, teams wandered by means of the fields surrounding rural Ommeren looking for the buried gold.

According to the National Archives, researchers have regarded for the treasure “several times in vain,” and a few consider that the loot may have been dug up way back, or shortly after it was buried.

The map for the treasure was created based mostly on the testimony of a German soldier who allegedly witnessed a few of his fellow troopers burying bins of gold. A Dutch institute tracing German capital within the Netherlands after the warfare interviewed him, and drew the map to his instruction, right down to the truth that the treasure was buried subsequent to a poplar tree, Dutch News reported.

Although the existence of the treasure may by no means totally be confirmed, archivists consider it to be a reputable declare.

“We don’t know for sure if the treasure existed. But the institute did a lot of checks and found the story reliable,” stated National Archive spokeswoman Anne-Marieke Samson.

“But they never found it and if it existed, the treasure might very well have been dug up already.”

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But that hasn’t stopped folks from desirous to get in on the search.

“I see groups of people with metal detectors everywhere,” 57-year-old Jan Henzen informed Reuters as he took a break from his personal search.

“Like a lot of people, the news about the treasure made me go look for myself. The chance of the treasure still being here after 70 years is very small I think, but I want to give it a try.”

Former Ommeren mayor Klaas Tammes, who now runs the muse that owns the lands which may disguise the treasure, stated he had seen folks from everywhere in the nation.

“A map with a row of three trees and a red cross marking a spot where a treasure should be hidden sparks the imagination,” he stated.

“Anyone who finds anything will have to report it to us, so we’ll see. But I wouldn’t expect it to be easy.”

In truth, so many individuals confirmed as much as search for the buried gold, that the close by municipality of Buren needed to challenge an announcement urging folks to go dwelling.

“Searching there is dangerous because of possible unexploded bombs, landmines or grenades. We therefore advise against searching for the Nazi treasure,” they stated on Thursday.

The assertion additionally famous that, beneath Dutch legal guidelines, would-be treasure hunters want permission to function steel detectors and “archaeological excavations are prohibited, except for organizations with an excavation certificate.”

— With recordsdata from Reuters

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