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Nazi storage sites for art during World War II - Wikipedia Nazi storage sites for art during World War II The German Nazi Party stored art, gold and other objects that had been either plundered or moved for safekeeping during World War II at various storage sites These sites included salt mines at Altaussee and Merkers and a copper mine at Siegen
Nazi Gold: The Merkers Mine Treasure | National Archives During the summer of 1945, Allied currencies found at Merkers and elsewhere by the Americans were returned to various countries, and the process of restituting the artworks found at Merkers and elsewhere in the former German Reich began
The Largest Nazi Treasure Hoard Ever Found | Short History On 4 April 1945, the American army advanced north of Frankfurt towards Merkers, a small town of less than 3,000 In Merkers, the slave laborers tipped them off about the Nazi treasure, hidden in the abandoned salt mine
Visit the Salt Mines Where the Nazis Hid Their Plundered Treasure To shield armaments production from the bombings, Germany had already requisitioned space in its many salt and potassium mines, including a salt mine at Merkers, a village about 200 miles southwest of Berlin
Erlebnis Bergwerk Merkers | Erlebnis Bergwerk Merkers Spektakuläre Akustik in der Tiefe Der frühere Großbunker der Grube Merkers ist der tiefste und größte Konzertsaal Europas Erleben Sie Gänsehautmomente in einmaliger Atmosphäre
Nazi Loot | History Detectives | PBS Find out more about the treasure Nazis were hiding in WWII More from Gwen on Nazi loot in World War II The discovery of the Merkers mine in 1945 remains one of the great treasure stories of all
The Nazi Gold of Merkers Mine - Amusing Planet When the advancing Third Army of the United States marched into the captured German town of Merkers-Kieselbach towards the end of World War 2, they received a tipoff from two women that a disused salt mine near Merkers contained gold stored by the Germans, along with other treasures
Merkers-Kieselbach - Wikipedia The Merkers area of the municipality is famous for its salt mine, where large amounts of Nazi gold, and many stolen works of art were discovered by the United States Army in 1945