A plan that could lead to Nazi treasure has been posted online by the National Archives of the Netherlands, along with more than 1,300 other documents.
However, the location of the loot estimated at 15.8 million pounds (about 18 million euros) is indicated with little precision on this map buried at the end of the Second World War by four German soldiers, reports
The Guardian
in a article relayed by
Slate
.
Research conducted after the war
This treasure kept in four boxes of ammunition would consist of gold coins, diamonds, specific stones but also watches.
"Many researchers, journalists and amateur archaeologists are very interested and excited," said Annet Walkens of the Dutch National Archives.
But it will not be easy to get your hands on this hoard.
With the plan, the National Archives of the Netherlands have indeed provided a file 7 centimeters thick which details the various searches carried out by the country after the war to try to find it, in vain.
Assumptions and doubts around this treasure
The ammunition boxes would have been buried in April 1945 at 70 or 80 centimeters deep at the foot of a poplar on the outer edge of the village of Ommeren.
He was one of the four German soldiers who gave this information when he returned to Berlin after the war, a testimony captured by the Dutch authorities who were then in this German city.
The mystery remains around this treasure.
Has it ever been dug up by locals or American soldiers?
Did he ever really exist?
Everyone can now try their luck to find the famous poplar tree and the boxes filled with precious stones.
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