The Nazis looted tens of billions of dollars' worth of treasures during World War II, but many of these treasures disappeared without a trace. Some notable cases include:
1. The treasure of Neuschwanstein Castle: The Nazis stored treasures looted from France and a strategic gold reserve in the castle, but the gold disappeared after the war.
2. The gold of Breslau: The Nazis hid a large treasure of gold, jewelry, and art in an underground facility in the mountains of Poland. Despite numerous searches, the treasure remains unfound.
3. The treasure of General Yamashita: The Japanese general hid treasures looted from Southeast Asia, worth up to $100 billion, in 170 different locations. However, none of these treasures have been officially discovered.
4. Rommel's gold: The German general allegedly hid several boxes of gold bars in an underwater cave on the eastern coast of Corsica. Despite numerous attempts, the treasure remains unfound.
5. The amber room: The Nazis looted the famous amber room from the Catherine Palace in Russia, but it disappeared without a trace after the Soviet army entered East Prussia.
These cases remain some of the most famous unsolved mysteries of World War II, with many theories and legends surrounding the fate of these treasures.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. After World War II, many treasures looted by the Nazis disappeared without a trace.
2. The Nazis took all the gold from the national treasuries of occupied countries.
3. In Auschwitz, up to 11 kilograms of gold were melted down from prisoners' dental crowns and jewelry per day.
4. Martin Bormann organized a secret operation to remove looted valuables from Germany.
5. Argentina's gold reserves increased from 346 tons to 1200 tons during World War II.
6. Brazil's gold reserves increased from 50 tons to 300 tons during World War II.
7. Martin Bormann personally controlled over a hundred caches on the territory of the Third Reich.
8. Neuschwanstein Castle in the Bavarian Alps was used to store and hide valuables looted by the Nazis.
9. The Nazis stored a strategic reserve of gold at Neuschwanstein Castle, estimated to be worth billions of dollars.
10. The gold reserves were taken out of Neuschwanstein Castle at the end of April 1945, just before the end of the war.
11. The Nazis may have hidden the gold in a more secret cache in the vicinity of the castle.
12. The castle's gold disappeared without a trace, and its fate remains a mystery.
13. The Nazis looted treasures from occupied lands, including Lower Silesia, and stored them in bunkers in the city of Breslau.
14. Most of these treasures have not been found, and not a single serious witness can say what happened to them.
15. In 1944, the Germans built a large military factory in Lower Silesia, with part of the production capacity located underground.
16. Concentration camp prisoners were forced to lay 400 meters of rail track leading into the depths of a mountain.
17. A train arrived at the factory, filled with treasures, gold bars, jewelry, and works of art.
18. The train was driven into a wide adit and disappeared from sight, and the entrance to the tunnel was blown up.
19. All prisoners who worked on the construction and dismantling of the access road were shot.
20. Experts believe that there is an underground facility under the mountain, probably of a production nature.
21. The Nazis looted treasures from Buddhist monasteries, trading offices, and banks in Southeast Asia.
22. The treasures were stored in the basement of Fort Santiaga in the Philippines, where General Yamashita's headquarters was located.
23. The Americans, with the support of local partisans, landed in the Philippines and quickly moved towards Fort Santiaga.
24. Yamashita ordered to hide the valuables looted from occupied territories, estimated to be worth up to $100 billion.
25. The treasures were hidden in as many as 170 different places, but none have been officially discovered.
26. General Rommel's African Corps was forced to retreat to Tunisia in 1943.
27. Rommel's treasures were allegedly hidden in an underwater cave on the eastern coast of Corsica.
28. Peter Flint, a former sergeant major, claimed to have hidden several sealed boxes in an underwater cave.
29. The Nazis purposely robbed art galleries and museums, private collections of occupied countries, and took the looted valuables to Germany.
30. The amber room, a famous work of art, was looted by the Nazis and its fate remains a mystery.
31. The amber room was stored in Königsberg, the future Kaliningrad, until 1944.
32. The amber room disappeared without a trace after the Soviet army entered East Prussia in April 1945.
33. An updated copy of the amber room was created in 2003 and is located in Tsarskoe Selo.