Search resumes for Nazi gold train that might not even exist

The search is on for a “ghost” train from the Nazi era that potentially carries millions worth of gold, gems and other treasures. Undeterred, Richter and Koper hired a half a dozen companies to conduct independent analyses of the site.

On Friday, the team levelled the terrain and cleared trees on the cordoned-off dig site, located between Wroclaw and Walbrzych. Not all trains arrived, and rumors have persisted since 1945 that a mysterious train of Nazi gold can be found in a tunnel on tracks under a hill between Wroclaw and Walbrzych in southwestern Poland.

“If it’s there, we’ll find it”, Gaik said.

Koper and Richter say they discovered the armored train past year using ground-penetrating radar, and some Polish officials have endorsed the claim. “There is no train”, he told a press conference in Walbrzych.

He adds: “If we find a tunnel, then that is also a success”.

Despite scepticism and even scientific studies declaring that there was no evidence of such train, the two men insists on their alleged finding and say they should have definite answers in no more than a week.

The tunnel system carried the name “Giant” (“Riese”), which indicates the dimensions of the underground network.

“We believe that a train has been found”, said Walbbrzych District Governor Marika Tokarska past year.

During the war, the Germans were building headquarters for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler in Walbrzych’s medieval Ksiaz Castle, then called the Furstenstein Castle.

During the Holocaust, the Nazis melted down jewelry from Jews and other prisoners sent to concentration camps. At the time the Soviet Red Army was advancing into the heart of Nazi Germany.

According to these stories, the train was carrying up to 300 tons of gold, as well as works of art, diamonds and weapons. “We are taking this seriously”.