Where is Hitler's gold?

Four tonnes of Nazi gold
Nazi gold
Nazi gold (German: Raubgold, "stolen gold") is gold possessed by Nazi Germany.
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have been found in the grounds of an abandoned palace in southern Poland, say WWII treasure hunters. The group calling itself the Silesian Bridge Foundation said it had it found a buried canister using geo-radar after pinpointing the location with the help of an old SS diary.
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Have they found the lost gold of ww2?

The treasure was found and stolen by a former ruling family there (The Marcos regime). And, it was worth billions. It's been disclosed in court records there. Research shows they stole between $5-10 Billions Dollars and most of it was hidden in overseas banks and never recovered.
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What happened to Germany's gold after ww2?

It is estimated that nearly 91 tonnes (100 short tons) of Nazi gold were laundered through Swiss banks, with only 3.6 tonnes (4 short tons) being returned at the end of the war.
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What happened to Rommel's gold?

Rommel's Gold

In 1943, during the German occupation of Tunisia, Nazis reportedly stole a large amount of gold from Jewish people on the island of Djerba. They shipped the gold to Corsica, an island between the coasts of France and Italy, but it allegedly sank on its trip from Corsica to Germany.
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Is there still missing art from ww2?

More than 30,000 pieces of art are still missing. Some may have been destroyed, others hidden from public view. This gallery focuses on works of art that have been tragically lost to the second World War. The portrait of "Dr Paul Gachet" is one of Vincent van Gogh's more popular works.
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Where was the Mona Lisa hidden during WWII?

Throughout the war, the art pieces were clandestinely moved from chateau to chateau to avoid being taken back by the Nazis. For example, the Mona Lisa was moved from Chambord to several castles and abbeys, to finish at the end of the war at the Musée Ingres in Montauban.
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Who Stole the Mona Lisa and why?

French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and jailed on suspicion of stealing Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum in Paris. The 31-year-old poet was known for his radical views and support for extreme avant-garde art movements, but his origins were shrouded in mystery.
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Was Rommel's treasure found?

A British researcher claims to have located Rommel's elusive sunken treasure just weeks after a team of German divers scouring the Mediterranean failed to find the hoard.
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Who found Yamashita treasure in Philippines?

Yamashita was then captured and tried for war crimes. He was pronounced guilty and was sentenced to death by hanging in 1946. The location of the hidden treasure died with him. Almost thirty years later, a locksmith and amateur treasure hunter named Roger Roxas found a map to the treasure.
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Has the amber Chamber been found?

Eyewitnesses claimed to have seen the Amber Room being packaged up and placed on-board the Wilhelm Gustloff, a German transport ship, which was subsequently sunk in January 1945 by a Soviet submarine. Its wreckage, however, has been dived many times and nothing linked to the Amber Room has ever been discovered there.
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Who has Hitler's gold?

The Allies returned the gold to the central banks across Europe. They gave nearly six tons of gold to the relief fund for the victims of the Holocaust. The abandoned Merkes mine was turned into Merkers Adventure Mines, a tourist attraction. The visitors can enjoy the replicas of the Nazi golden treasure.
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Did the US give Germany its gold back?

The gold stored in the U.S. was acquired by West Germany during a period of trade surpluses with the U.S. before 1970. The gold was never repatriated to Germany due to fear of invasion by the Soviet Union. In 2013, five tons were repatriated due to logistical difficulties.
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Who privately owns the most gold?

The United States holds the largest stockpile of gold reserves in the world by a considerable margin at over 8,100 tons. The U.S. government has almost as many reserves as the next three largest gold-holding countries combined (Germany, Italy, and France).
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Has Hitler's gold Train been found?

Despite numerous searches since 1945, including by the Polish Army during the Cold War, no evidence of the train, its tracks or treasure have ever been found. Historians believe the train never existed. A partially-completed tunnel in Project Riese c. 2014.
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Where is Yamashita treasure now?

Though there are accounts that claim the treasure remains hidden in the Philippines and have lured treasure hunters from around the world for over 50 years, its existence has been dismissed by most experts.
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Who made Yamashita treasure?

One long-running tale is that Marcos Sr. found the Yamashita treasure when he was still a guerilla commander during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. He allegedly hid the treasures and shipped them to different places including Switzerland under his name.
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What does Yamashita mean in Japanese?

Yamashita (written: 山下 lit. "under the mountain") is the 29th most common Japanese surname.
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Has any gold been found in the Philippines?

The volume of gold produced in the Philippines amounted to around 17.6 thousand kilograms in 2020, which was valued at approximately 49.14 billion Philippine pesos. The major districts for mining gold in the Philippines are Baguio and Paracale in Luzon and Masara, Surigao and Masbate in Mindanao.
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What happened Merkers gold?

Although the Merkers mine was located in an area designated as Soviet-controlled, the American army quickly removed its contents before the Soviets arrived. Following the war, much of the gold was divided among the Tripartite Gold Commission: France, Britain, and America.
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Did American soldiers loot in ww2?

But it's only part of the story, as a recent scholarly study shows: American GIs did plenty of looting too as they rolled into Germany in the winter and spring of 1945. They raided chicken coops, ransacked parlors, and blew up bank vaults.
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Did Picasso get accused of stealing the Mona Lisa?

PABLO PICASSO STOLE THE MONA LISA

Not really, but he was in the right place — Paris — at the right time — 1911. Turns out Picasso was close friends with one of the suspects of the heist, Guillaume Apollinaire (said party mentioned above), who blubbered about Picasso to the police while being interrogated.
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How long do you go to jail for stealing the Mona Lisa?

And so, with much fanfare, the painting was returned to the Louvre. Perugia pleaded guilty to stealing it, and was sentenced to just eight months in prison. But a few days after his trial, Dorothy Hoobler says, World War I broke out. Suddenly, the drama of an art heist was off the front pages.
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How many times has the Mona Lisa been vandalized?

To look back on this unusual art-historical lineage, ARTnews has charted below five times in which the Mona Lisa was vandalized or stolen.
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Was the Last Supper bombed in ww2?

The Last Supper was almost completely lost on August 16, 1943, at the height of World War II in Italy. On this day, a Royal Air Force bomb struck Santa Maria delle Grazie, destroying the roof of the refectory and demolishing other nearby spaces.
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