Has Nazi loot train been found?

** CORRECTS DATE OF HITLER TAKING OVER TO 1933 NOT 1993 ** FILE** National Socialist troops with torches marching in Berlin to celebrate Hitler taking over the power on Jan. 30, 1933. In background the Brandenburg Gate. The 75th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's elevation to German chancellor on Wednesday is one the country would prefer to forget, but the ignominious event remains part of the weighted history that drives past and future generations to remember the victims of the Nazi regime and ensure their crimes cannot happen again. Hitler's accession to chancellor on Jan. 30, 1933 gave the Nazi party its "in" to eventually consolidate absolute control over the country in the months soon after, setting it on the path to World War II and the Holocaust that left millions of people dead. (AP Photo)

** CORRECTS DATE OF HITLER TAKING OVER TO 1933 NOT 1993 ** FILE** National Socialist troops with torches marching in Berlin to celebrate Hitler taking over the power on Jan. 30, 1933. In background the Brandenburg Gate. The 75th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's elevation to German chancellor on Wednesday is one the country would prefer to forget, but the ignominious event remains part of the weighted history that drives past and future generations to remember the victims of the Nazi regime and ensure their crimes cannot happen again. Hitler's accession to chancellor on Jan. 30, 1933 gave the Nazi party its "in" to eventually consolidate absolute control over the country in the months soon after, setting it on the path to World War II and the Holocaust that left millions of people dead. (AP Photo)

Published Aug 20, 2015

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London - A Nazi “ghost” train packed with treasure may have been found hidden in a tunnel in the Polish mountains.

Two people claim to have discovered the train, said to have disappeared in 1945 as the Nazis tried to hide treasure from the advancing Soviet Red Army.

According to local legend, it was packed with gems and guns.

Now a law firm has contacted authorities in Poland’s southwest district of Walbrzych to say the 495ft train has been found. Under Polish law, the pair would be entitled to 10 percent of the value of the findings.

“Lawyers, the army, the police and the fire brigade are dealing with this,” Marika Tokarska, an official at Walbrzych council, said. “The area has never been excavated before and we don’t know what we might find.”

The train had been carrying guns, “industrial equipment”, gems and other treasure when it went missing, according to Radio Wroclaw.

Daily Mail

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