Outdated Nazi map sparks treasure hunt within the NetherlandsYesterday

An previous map believed to mark the spot the place German troopers hid treasure price thousands and thousands of euros throughout World Struggle Two sparked the creativeness of beginner treasure hunters within the Netherlands this week.

Armed with steel detectors and shovels, teams wandered by the fields surrounding rural Ommeren within the east of the nation after the map was made public by the Dutch Nationwide Archive on Tuesday.

The archive stated the map was believed to point the place Nazi troopers had hidden 4 massive bins crammed with diamonds, rubies, gold, silver and all kinds of jewelry which that they had looted after an explosion at a financial institution in August, 1944.

The map was obtained from a German soldier shortly after the warfare by the Dutch institute that was tasked with tracing German capital within the Netherlands after the nation was free of Nazi occupation in 1945.

The analysis file which held the map was launched this week as the utmost interval of 75 years throughout which it may very well be held confidential had lapsed.

Though the existence of the treasure may by no means totally be confirmed, the institute undertook numerous failed makes an attempt to seek out it in 1947, Nationwide Archive spokeswoman Anne-Marieke Samson instructed Reuters.

“We don’t know for positive if the treasure existed. However the institute did a variety of checks and located the story dependable,” Ms. Samson stated.

“However they by no means discovered it and if it existed, the treasure may very properly have been dug up already.”

However the small probability of discovering any valuables didn’t deter the beginner gold-diggers.

“I see teams of individuals with steel detectors in all places,” 57-year previous Jan Henzen instructed Reuters as he took a break from his personal search.

“Like lots of people, the information concerning the treasure made me go search for myself. The prospect of the treasure nonetheless being right here after 70 years could be very small I feel, however I need to give it a attempt.”

Former Ommeren mayor Klaas Tammes, who now runs the inspiration that owns the lands which may conceal the treasure, stated he had seen folks from all around the nation.

“A map with a row of three bushes and a purple cross marking a spot the place a treasure must be hidden sparks the creativeness,” he stated.

“Anybody who finds something must report it to us, so we’ll see. However I wouldn’t anticipate it to be straightforward.”