Deputy Culture Minister Piotr Zuchowski also warned treasure hunters in southwestern Poland on Thursday to stop looking for the “so-called ‘gold train, ‘” saying it could be mined.
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Authorities say they believe they have located the train in the county of Wałbrzych, after they were tipped off by a German and a Pole who said last week that they had found it and expected a finder’s fee of 10%. Nonetheless, Mr Nowaczyk said he will pass on the information he has to the national government because if found, the train would be state property. He added that the train was a military vehicle, and there was the possibility it contained risky materials.
According to Polish legend, a Nazi train filled with gold went missing at the end of the Second World War somewhere in the south-west of the country near Ksiaz castle. It was reportedly loaded with treasure in the city of Wroclaw as the Soviet Red Army approached but never reached Walzbrych. “The train is of a military nature – there is no mention of valuables, just military equipment”.
Zygmunt Nowaczyk said on Wednesday that the lawyers have not offered any proof of the alleged discovery. “Now it is formal information – [we] have found something”.
What’s being described as a “significant discovery” has been made in Poland after two men claimed to have found an abandoned Nazi train filled with gold.
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One of the biggest construction projects in the history of the Third Reich, Project Riese involved digging miles of tunnels in a series of complexes across the Walbrzych region, which was until 1945 part of Germany.
