Nazi gold train 'found in Poland'

[Blue_Tires]

Source: BBC

Two people in Poland say they may have found a Nazi train rumoured to be full of gold, gems and guns that disappeared in World War Two, Polish media say.

The train is believed to have gone missing near what is now the Polish city of Wroclaw as Soviet forces approached in 1945.

A law firm in south-west Poland says it has been contacted by two men who have discovered the armoured train. Polish media say the men want 10% of the value of the train's contents.

Local news websites said the apparent find matched reports in local folklore of a train carrying gold and gems that went missing at the end of World War Two near Ksiaz castle.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33994483

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ummm....yeah....

Hate to be a wet blanket, but the last time I was in Europe, I just happened to be hauling around a train full of jewels and Nazi gold...When I was about to come back home, security at the airport in Frankfurt said I couldn't put the train on the plane without filling out a mountain of paperwork first. So I put the train to my side for a minute, and someone snatched it in the hustle and bustle of humanity at the security checkpoint...So I guess I'm saying this shit was *MINE* long before anyone else claimed to have discovered it...

FWIW I'm grateful to the people who found it for me, but they can forget about that ten percent bullshit for a finder's fee...I will buy the two men ONE beer each to show my appreciation, but no more...

[underpants]

1. Sorry Blue Tires, the Bush family has a claim to it too

And you are going to need a train full of gold to fight THEIR lawyers

[Blue_Tires]

10. and Ron Paul just remembered he has German ancestry

So I'll be in court with about a thousand other plaintiffs and a quarter million attorneys...

Even if the judge decides to have all the gold chopped up into candy bar-size (the jewels can be the nuts) and divide it among us all, I'll still be out ahead...

Because if I'm totally honest, I might concede it's plausible that the train belonged to someone else before I found it and claimed it for myself...

[KamaAina]

2. How the hell does an entire train go missing?

Especially one that people would presumably be looking for?

[closeupready]

3. I know, right. You really have to suspend disbelief on this story.

[jwirr]

8. Supposedly it was driven into a tunnel which was no doubt sealed. They

did not say if that theory was the how they found the train.

[underpants]

14. There is a train buried here in Richmond

Church Hill area. The tunnel collapsed and they just left it in there, with people in it. They died in the collapse and it wasn't considered safe to dig it out.

[LiberalArkie]

4. 300 tonnes of gold, if true, better sell your gold before the bottom drops out

[KamaAina]

5. That'd kill Glenn Beckkk!

[Quackers]

7. Here's a fun picture. All of the gold in the world.

[safeinOhio]

6. Number one rule

Of treasure hunting "keep mouth shut"

[jwirr]

9. Supposedly the Army and others are guarding it already.

[Blue_Tires]

12. I don't know how they would ever

capitalize on the the treasure (which was MY treasure first, btw) while keeping quiet...

Sooner or later either they'd draw attention to themselves, or they'd have to be selling it at like 5% of the true market value...

[safeinOhio]

17. Buy time

To lawyer up.

[yellowcanine]

11. George Clooney forgot to check out the whole cave?

I knew there was more stuff hidden in that cave.

[underpants]

13. LOL

Loved that movie

[ellisonz]

15. Blood Treasure

These men have no right to this, it should be used to support Holocaust education efforts in Poland.

[JudyM]

16. And the rest of the world, including the U.S. Studies and street interviews abound that show

stunning ignorance of its occurrence as well as denial among many who do know what it was. Looked around for a street interview I saw last week about this - posted on DU I think - but couldn't locate it.

[Behind the Aegis]

20. I think you are referencing this thread:

Kids Being Interviewed About the Holocaust and as frightening as that is, it seems, to some, things like this are just a big punchline. When the ADL did it's Global Assessment of anti-Semitism, these were the results in regards to the Holocaust (take note of the last graph). And, from a few months back, What Holocaust? New generation is ignorant of history.

[JudyM]

22. Yes, that's the one-- mortifying.

I read about that report before and it is just stunning. Yes, the last graph, and also the number of countries where the majority of people deny the existence of the Holocaust, wow... including >80% of those in West Bank/Gaza. So much for "Never Forget"...

[Praek3]

18. Hoping it is true!

A while back, a television show, suggested that something like this could have happened to the stolen Russian Czar's Amber Room too. It would be very interesting to see what the train might contain!

[kwassa]

19. Wasn't this a Thomas the Train episode?

[TeamPooka]

21. Or a Clive Cussler Dirk Pitt novel?