Second world war document revealing a stash of coins and jewels hidden by German soldiers is put online by Dutch archivists
A map of buried treasure – one of 142km of documents at the National Archives of Netherlands – is now available online and at the Hague.A map of buried treasure – one of 142km of documents at the National Archives of Netherlands – is now available online and at the Hague.Last modified on Sat 7 Jan 2023 16.13 GMT, four German soldiers buried a hoard of gold coins and jewels in the middle of nowhere in the Dutch countryside.
Researchers believe the treasure was buried in April 1945, when the Allies were on the brink of liberating Arnhem in the easternThey decide to bury the treasure, because it’s just getting a bit too hot under their feet and they’re getting scared,” Waalkens told theThe precious cargo was buried in the roots of a poplar tree, 70-80cm deep, just outside the village of Ommeren, around 25 miles from Arnhem.
Helmut S, however, stayed on the radar. “He was a bit loose-lipped back in Berlin,” said Waalkens, and he soon came to the attention of Dutch authorities in the occupied German city. They passed the information on to the Beheersinstituut, the Dutch Institute of Asset and Property Management, a body responsible for managing the wealth of people who had disappeared in the second world war, including deported Jews, Dutch spies and German citizens who lived in the Netherlands.
According to Helmut S, the hoard was discovered when an Arnhem branch of the Rotterdamsche bank was bombed in August 1944. A safe was smashed, leaving jewels, coins and other riches scattered in the street. His comrades pocketed what they could see, later hiding the loot in zinc ammunition boxes.
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