In 1949, General Patten's army was closing in on Berlin. On April 8th, members of the 282nd Combat Engineer Battalion blasted into a mysterious room in Merkers Mine. They discovered gold stacked knee high, personal possessions, suitcases with metal, a Renoir painting, Rafael, Rembrandt, and many more finds.
Olly Seeds takes viewers into the the Merkers Mine where over $500 million dollars worth of art, gold, gold teeth from war victims, and several other archaeological pieces were found. Today, the Nazi hoard would be valued at over $50 billion dollars.
Check out the video featured on Discovery Channel about the Nazi Hoard at Merkers Mine.
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4 Comments:
I would like to watch this but it will not play for me.
@Mike
Is it the youtube video or the Discovery one? Maybe you need to let it load. Or, is the video just not showing up at all?
Both videos play fine here. Fascinating and also sick how they looted most of Europe :-(
By the way I just posted a double award for you :-)
The Video is working. Unbelievable.....50 billion dollars of worth and history. The Nazi's were not just war mongers, but outright thieves and hoarders, something I thought their ideaology despised. Sure glad it was found. Great presentation and interesting piece.
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