A map with a letter X purportedly showing the location of a buried stash of jewelry looted by Nazis has sparked a modern\u002Dday treasure hunt
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It wasn’t immediately clear if authorities could claim the loot if it was found, or if a prospector could keep it. Photos on social media in early January showed people digging holes more than a metre deep, sometimes on private property, in the hope of unearthing a fortune. German soldiers stationed nearby “pocket what they can get and they keep it in ammunition boxes,” Waalkens said. As the Second World War nears its end in 1945, the Netherlands’ German occupiers were pushed back by Allied advances. The soldiers who had been in Arnhem found themselves in Ommeren and decided to bury the loot.Article content
After the unsuccesful attempts, the German soldier said “he believed that someone else has already excavated the treasure,” she added.
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