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Attempts to find 'Nazi gold train' in Poland hit the buffers
Source: Associated Press
Attempts to find 'Nazi gold train' in Poland hit the buffers
Associated Press in Warsaw
Wednesday 24 August 2016 17.31 BST
Attempts to find a “Nazi gold train” in Poland appear to have been dashed after treasure hunters admitted that they had found “no train, no tunnel” following extensive digging.
The possibility of riches, based on a legend that a train laden with gold and valuables was hidden by Germans in a secret tunnel, as the Soviet army advanced towards them in 1945, has drawn explorers from across Europe to Wałbrzych, a city in south-west Poland.
Andreas Richter, a German, and Piotr Koper, a Pole, moved in with heavy equipment and dug deep at a site near rail tracks in Wałbrzych earlier this month, after residents said they had knowledge of the train’s existence.
Last year, Richter and Koper said tests they conducted using earth-penetrating radar had confirmed that there was a train at the site.
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Associated Press in Warsaw
Wednesday 24 August 2016 17.31 BST
Attempts to find a “Nazi gold train” in Poland appear to have been dashed after treasure hunters admitted that they had found “no train, no tunnel” following extensive digging.
The possibility of riches, based on a legend that a train laden with gold and valuables was hidden by Germans in a secret tunnel, as the Soviet army advanced towards them in 1945, has drawn explorers from across Europe to Wałbrzych, a city in south-west Poland.
Andreas Richter, a German, and Piotr Koper, a Pole, moved in with heavy equipment and dug deep at a site near rail tracks in Wałbrzych earlier this month, after residents said they had knowledge of the train’s existence.
Last year, Richter and Koper said tests they conducted using earth-penetrating radar had confirmed that there was a train at the site.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/24/walbrzych-poland-attempts-to-find-nazi-gold-train-hit-buffers
