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German SS Loot Hidden In Merkers Salt Mine 1945 *
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BlahX3 Report This Comment
Date: March 01, 2012 09:31PM

Any idea what's in the bags Skidmore?
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: May 14, 2012 09:00PM

ReichsBank wealth, SS loot, and Berlin Museum paintings that were removed from Berlin to a salt mine vault located in Merkers, Germany. The 3rd U.S. Army discovered the gold and other treasure in April 1945.


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The Merkers Mine

Partial list of material recovered from the Merkers mine[4]:

8,198 bars of gold bullion
55 boxes of crated gold bullion
1,300 bags of gold Reichsmarks
711 bags of American twenty-dollar gold pieces
2.76 billion Reichsmarks
20 silver bars
40 bags containing silver bars
63 boxes and 55 bags of silver plate
1 bag containing six platinum bars