The French magazine Le Point said that the Dutch National Archives has unveiled a hand-drawn map, which it claims indicates the location of treasure hidden during World War II, under the title “Hints to Unfound Nazi Treasure Believed to be Buried Nearby.” Omren in the Netherlands.
Among the 1,300 documents released by the Dutch National Archives at the beginning of 2023 as it does every year, this treasure map attracted the attention of the Spanish newspaper El Pais, because of the questions it raises because of this simple drawing that promises a treasure hidden by Nazi soldiers just before liberation, except that It would just be a myth.
The origin of this buried treasure - according to the National Archives - dates back to 1944, when a bomb destroyed the walls of the vaults of Bank Rotterdam in Arnhem near Omrin, during the Allied bombing of the Netherlands, which threw the contents of the vaults of jewelry, precious stones and luxury watches into the streets.
3 German soldiers who were at the site collected these treasures and transported them to Omerin, before they decided - under pressure from the Allied advances - to bury them with the idea of recovering them later, but two of them died before the end of the war, and the third was not identified.
Le Point indicated that this story was told by the owner of the map, Helmut, who helped in the fruitless searches organized by the Dutch authorities to obtain the treasure, except that Helmut had invented the story of the treasure or that someone had found it and taken it.
The newspaper concluded with the testimony of historian Joost Roosendaal, who said that no bank was bombed before the Allies arrived in Arnhem, but several banks were looted during that period.