Ribbentrop's Gold - Hunting Missing Nazi Treasure

In April 1945, 6.5 tons of gold bars and coins was sent to German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop's summer residence at Castle Fuschl, Austria, and largely never seen again. Find out what happened to it.
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[@toastrecon]

"Unfortunately, I didn't find any of the missing gold..." *Mark shows up mysteriously with a brand new Rolls Royce*

[@thomaslohr2864]

Corporal: Sir, we found 4 tons of gold! Sergent: What!? Great you found 3,5 tons of gold! Sergent: Captain, we found 3,5 tons of gold Captain: Great, you found 3 tons of gold! Captain: Sir, I report 3 tons of nazi gold! Major: Well done, 2 tons of gold! Major: General sir, the troops found some gold coins General: Yeah, whatever.. Come back when you've found the amber room..

[@BrettonFerguson]

If this channel ever stops posting videos abruptly and Mark disappears, we know what happened. He found the gold.

[@beemail6983]

We all know it's in Ireland, leraphchauns and all that

[@oddballsok]

and the jew mossad have abducted him, an hour later...

[@TheMotorick]

@@beemail6983 Saints preserve us!

[@iiRockUrSocksOff]

He may keep it on my part, for payments for this channel

[@HeadPack]

Would be a perfect cover for him to continue. Pretending he is still working on the puzzle.

[@kyleh3615]

If me and my buddies came upon an incomprehensible amount of gold bars, I'd also probable use one as a paper weight

[@fnorgen]

Or a door stopper.

[@ThisFish888]

I'd have grown by an inch and walked liked Frankenstein all the way to the bank with my new gold insoles.

[@kenolsen1845]

Or you would hit them in the head with one, money changes everything.

[@Vendell_23]

This channel is gold and i'm glad i found it

[@terrygrossmann2295]

DoublePlusUngood I really enjoy this channel myself. I also find The History Guy as another of my favorites.

[@bjuny6481]

Some other very good history channels I watch all the time: History Time, Kings & Generals, Epic History TV, The Great War, Sabaton History, World War Two

[@bjuny6481]

Others: EmperorTigerStar, Eastory, Epimetheus

[@mwnciboo]

*This guy!*

[@KlausValk]

@@killdizzle same w my dad. Im hooked on these

[@darthstanley166]

Reminds me of the old movie Kelly's Heroes! Thanks for a great Sunday afternoon!!🦅

[@KorbinX]

Yup! ^-^

[@johnparrish9215]

That was really a Documentary.......LOL

[@stoneyll]

An all star cast~! On of my favorite movies~!

[@perrydowd9285]

Hahahaha! That's exactly what I was thinking.😂🤣

[@tommy-er6hh]

The theme music from Kelly's heros was playing in my head. too bad he could not use it as the music in the video.

[@SmR8008]

I'm glad the young girl got to keep the gold she found😊

[@zillsburyy1]

i dont need NETFLIX. i have Mark Felton Productions at my fingertips

[@TheMosinCrate]

People tend to forget about the SS soldiers who buried this stuff.. What the war ended and they just forgot all about those gold bars they buried? Long since dug up and melted down to prevent identification.. And can you blame them? I would do the same.. no way I'd have "found" any gold.. I'm sure there's plenty out there in those lakes just waiting to be found but I'm just sure a good bit was recovered by the people who buried it.

[@hongkongflip]

My grandfather brought back gold coins and I suspect a lot of other soldiers did too!

[@NexusApollo]

Maybe the real golden wealth was the friends we made along the way.

[@Schmidty1]

First... for history! Also, possibly some of the U.S. soldiers might have taken some for themselves. Ya know If there is 6.5 tons of gold in front of you, taking a coin and a gold bar or two each isn't far fetched from reality.

[@austinwitkowski1570]

For sure had to of occurred

[@jillvalentinefan77]

Dont blame them after going through the second world war and I stumble upon a bunch of gold you best believe good bad or ugly I'd grab few gold bars for myself.

[@HiDesert004]

I wonder how many GIs got cold feet about trying to cash in their gold, or planned on saving it for a rainy day, or died and now it’s sitting in some trunk or in attic/basement owned by their kids or grandkids.

[@Schmidty1]

@Lochness Monsta all of this threads comments are just proving my theory. Haha

[@grantreichel6870]

I know if I was a G.I in Europe, and my unit found a load of gold, I sure as hell would try to pocket some for my retirement.

[@MrLemonbaby]

One of the more amazing parts of the story is that the suits allowed the teen swimmer to keep the gold bar that she found.

[@lesthegreat]

If I was a soldier back then my pockets would be clanking all the way home

[@jamesbodnarchuk6245]

Fascinating! My uncle served in Italy circa 1943-44 artillery Canadian. He brought back many fascinating coins and other stuff back! Great video love your stuff!

[@noobster4779]

"brought back" alias looted them

[@browniniobrowni2074]

Ah yes! Stolen Europen stuff, normal for Americans to steal

[@TheMostOrdinaryMan]

@@browniniobrowni2074 It was normal for most ww2 veterans to liberate items from fallen foes to bring home to families, not just Americans. Hell the Japanese loved stealing things from the Koreans and Chinese.

[@charlesthepaperman]

I'm from upper Bavaria and in the last days of the war there were first Wehrmacht soldiers and then US soldiers billeted in our family's farm stables. Rumors around the village have it since then that the Wehrmacht soldiers did hide gold and/or other valuable things around our property. But despite finding stuff like (regular) coins and buttons from uniforms we could find no gold... Yet😜😜😜

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

You better get busy mucking-out your stables, because I have a feeling YOU are going to get rich billetting present-day treasure hunters! What percentage is Mark getting?

[@edmonddantes3640]

Has anyone asked Kelly, Crap Game or Odd Ball? Woof, woof. 😉

[@edmonddantes3640]

@Jacob Zondag know what's said about brilliant minds? Fair winds, my friend.

[@randomcoyote8807]

"Two tons were sent to Schlesweig-Holstein, where it was captured by the British and supposedly turned over to Bristih authorities, but information on this was rather hazy" Hmm, my take: "Look, Captain, we've captured 8 tons of Nazi gold!" "Major, I have to report that we captured 7 tons of Nazi gold." "Lieutenant-Colonel, here is a report on that 6 tons of Nazi gold our guys captured." "Colonel, I am pleased to report that in these trucks are the 5 tons of Nazi gold captured in the field." "General, sir, here's the 4 tons..." --You get the idea.

[@chrisframpton7681]

“Happy Hunting.” Love the sign-off

[@rogersheddy.8497]

As we all know not everyone who served in World War II was a spotless Sterling hero in shining armor. I once met a man who had a direct connection to this. In Williamsport Pennsylvania, there used to be a Mister Donut coffee shop which later was turned into a Dunkin Donut coffee shop. it was in the Newberry part of town. I remember once a rather old man came in who my father knew and we were talking for a considerable length of time. From what I can recall I do believe he was 3rd Army. He said about how he in a company of men, intercepted a shipment of gold and loaded it up and either two or three large US Army trucks. They were not far from the Swiss border I understand and he is one of the leaders of this Expedition. Now at the time the man told us this he was 87, and the war was a long time ago and a long far Place away. He boasted about how there was a sergeant, an MP, who tried to fulfil his duty by making them stop when they were trying to illegally continue South outside of the jurisdiction covered by the third Army at that time. The reason I say he boasted about that is that his subordinates did not hesitate to shoot him down. He had some rather crudely dismissive things to say about the murdered sergeant. He talked about how they managed to get the trucks full of gold into Switzerland, after giving out a hefty amount to pay for that privilege, but still arrive with the bulk of it. there was this old man boasting about how he had over 14 million dollars in gold tucked away in a Swiss Vault somewhere that he had managed to Spirit Away during war and that he wasn't the only one who was similarly wealthy. I never met that man before or since and I just cannot quite remember his name. And since my father's been dead for about 3 years ...well, you can't ask him.

[@renelogtenberg141]

Opportunity creates the thief. Thanks Dr. Felton. Brilliant as always. Thanks again.

[@marktaylor6491]

So 'Kelly's Heroes' was a documentary then.

[@herbwag6456]

No doubt it ended up in London and in New York.

[@simonkevnorris]

Or in some Swiss bank vault

[@TheFlatlander440]

Now I understand where the writers of the movie "Kelly's Heroes" got their idea from.

[@geigertec5921]

Nazi artifacts sometimes turn up in the trash of my neighborhood (I'm a garbage man and look through the stuff sometimes). I found a German Merit cross, silver coins with swastikas on them, as well as a Nazi-looted Polish Coat of Arms from 1939. Only a matter of time until I find some of that elusive Nazi gold!

[@volatilesky]

Not surprised at how much looting there was worth higher ranking officers among the allies. My grandfather mentioned once or twice just how much American and the Canadian forces he was in Europe with were grabbing anything of value, or even just "war souvenirs". He was Mohawk however, and it was pretty clear that anyone "coloured" or otherwise didn't get the same kind of leniency as the white soldiers. Anything that wasn't standard issue for them was confiscated, and generally just kept by the officer who seized the contraband.

[@mrrolandlawrence]

I'm surprised that he didn't ask the Windsors to look after it for him. After all he dated the duchess of Windsor and sent her flowers constantly during WW2 and was great friends with the Duke who also supported Natzi ideology.

[@mr.duckplucker5353]

Fabulous! Again you never fail to add more insight into this most fascinating time in history. Thank you Mr. Felton, I'm hopelessly addicted to your channel.

[@Useaname]

This channel IS gold.

[@gavinyip4680]

The last time I was this early for an upload, it was still only 3.6 Roentgens

[@2.7petabytes]

Such interesting videos Mark! Thank you for all of your hard work!!

[@robbieyh]

Good For the little girl who found the gold bar keep it and enjoy it!!

[@VenturiLife]

"War is a racket..." - Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General and two-time Medal of Honor recipient

[@gram40]

Mark, do you have any information on the missing Japanese treasures from the end of World war 2? I believe a number of what would be classed as national treasures were handed over to occupying forces, never to be seen again. Keep up the great videos!

[@dobypilgrim6160]

Yep. Other places too. About 25 years ago I was given a sword that was "liberated" allegedly on Okinawa. The veteran who gave it to me was adamant that was where he got it. (But I always suspected he had bought it post-War.) It was a real honor for me to get it in either case... However it looked to me like an NCO sword since the grip and sheath were very plain bamboo. The blade was mint though. I later took it to an expert who confirmed it was real, and that the blade was made in the late 1500s, judging by the markings (kanji?) on the hilt that were hidden by the grips. Apparently the officer (not NCO as I thought) had the grips and sheath made to take to modern combat, and left he original accessories at home. The blade itself was valued at over $2000 back then. Multiply that by the number of GIs who brought home trinkets in the post-war Occupation, and that alone is a significant amount of treasure. On another note. The Japanese had plenty of decades to rob the Koreans blind, and they did. So I don't worry too much about Japanese treasure being lost.

[@grand-dadmiral]

Happy hunting, you say? It's time for some archaeology, I think. Next stop, Austria.

[@christopherconard2831]

Bullion is harder to make disappear. But a lot of coins and smaller bars probably evaporated whenever it moved or changed hands. It's easy for a soldier, on either the obviously winning or loosing side by that point in the war, to rationalize "They won't miss a pocket full" while planning their future. Several pockets (or several dozen) later 3-4 tons magically becomes 1-2 tons.

[@68air]

"Always with the negative waves Felton..always with the negative waves"!!

[@tomjustis7237]

That was a hunting lodge? The last "hunting lodge" I was in was a one room log cabin with four cots, a square table, four straight backed chairs, a wood burning stove for heat/cooking and an ice chest to keep the beer cold. Guess I was born into the wrong strata of society. Anyway, keep up the great work, Mark. You never disappoint!

[@logitimate]

Just FYI: "Strata" is plural; the singular is "stratum."

[@wetwriterrr]

So now I know why Grandpa's safe WAS so heavy all those years after he returned from his service in Europe WW2.

[@kurtlovef150]

I do believe there's some more gold out there to be found

[@firepower7017]

It could've been stored in a warehouse never to be seen again.

[@jszigetvari]

It would be interesting to see a video about the Hungarian gold train, and the fate of the Hungarian Crown Jewels during WW2.

[@comments2840]

There should be a museum where people could come in and look and feel the giant gold bars of the past. No amount of handling could damage them, so visitors could have some good fun. I for one would easily pay 5 bucks for a 10 minute ticket.

[@Milkmans_Son]

As of today (11.09.19) gold is $1461.25/oz. One metric tonne is exactly 32,150.7 troy ounces, so at the moment one ton of gold = $46,980,210.36 Dude had how many tons? Holy shit.

[@sanktrobel2421]

Amazing as always! I kinda love the dynamic and the excitement which comes with your clips, making history more "alive". Was wondering if you could find something about combat use of the Hs 129. Keep up the great work!

[@rayd6537]

Another great video Dr Felton. Time for me to go to Europe and invest in some diving gear. 👍

[@buckshot6481]

Fascinating. Was always told Nazi gold was at the bottom of the lake.

[@cagrangersealninja3720]

Regret not spending more time exploring while stationed in Bavaria 😞

[@arun123456781]

Mark your channel is great.. keep up the good work

[@everettblack4719]

All right, somebody give me back my paperweight... no questions asked.

[@jonlincoln6069]

Kelly & Oddball went and retrieved it after leaving Clermont with the gold from Bank there, They used the Tiger OddBall got from the German Commander to move it all !! Honest !!

[@notsosilentmajority1]

Someone definitely got a good portion of it. Smaller portions were probably taken by troops as they came across it and probably some more was dumped in the lake or in a nearby hiding place. I would think that after a girl found a bar of gold and was permitted to keep it, some treasure hunters probably dove into that lake in search of more gold. If I lived nearby, I would have taken "scuba lessons" ASAP, lol. Thanks for yet another wonderful video.

[@patmcbride9853]

It should not be hard to see which Allied soldiers became "suddenly and mysteriously" wealthy after having access to the gold.

[@eoinf1276]

Your a million times better than any history channel. I wish you all the best. Thinking about it. If you were on a network, you probably wouldn’t be able to do it your way. Always very interesting.

[@urwrstntmre]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting. I really appreciate your channel

[@Princeduclare]

I love your channel, keep up with the amazing contents

[@philbyd]

I’m sure the Swiss might be worth checking out

[@Lurgansahib]

Hi Mark. Great channel thank you from Wellington New Zealand. Reckon that missing gold still in German hands, those ex Ribbintrop staff in the know!

[@alluraambrose2978]

I know money makes people do weird stuff, so I'm not going to say I've some of that gold buried in my back garden.

[@trailingarm63]

I think the locals snaffled it. Then perpetuated the mystery (and protected themselves) by claiming it was lying on a lake bed somewhere.

[@Nick-420-]

Good vid! Keep up the great work!

[@Aamirkhan-gt7dz]

Don’t Lie Mark, We Know You’ve Kept Some Of That Gold Too. Let’s Divide It Mate 🤪.! Just Love Your Channel Dr.Felton. Plz Keep Up The Great Work.!

[@Explosivesole1776]

Marvelous as always!

[@ursosentado]

Ask the Flying Hellfish, they might know one thing or two.

[@aaronlopez3585]

Dr Felton that was such an amazing story, I could just imagine any one finding that would have to hire a brigade's number of lawyers. Individuals, corporations and nations would come after it with legal claims. What a diabolical nightmare it would be.

[@jameshoberg1609]

Another great education experience. Thanks!

[@theSPECIALbrew74]

6tonnes of gold went missing? So Kelly’s heroes was a documentary?

[@tnerbtnerb5136]

As an American, I have to cop to our own nation's priority on...shall we say personal ambition? I'm going to say at least half that unaccounted for gold U.S. Units stole and told no one.

[@giulioaprati338]

Extremely well reserched and edited

[@stoneyll]

Thats one hell of a 'hunting lodge".. And it's a shame you didst find the hidden gold...

[@W1se0ldg33zer]

When they put all that whole pile of loots together then you'd see how 6 or 7 tons of gold was insignificant in the larger scheme of things at the time. It wouldn't be too far out of the ordinary for them to say 'Hey Mac! How much do you think this pile weighs, exactly?' and throw out a number. How exactly did they come up with a weight? There should be an exact written description stating 'X-amount of gold bars weighing X-amount'. This guy says it was 6 tons and then another guy may have actually weighed it all and gotten a more accurate figure. My old man used to fix old military records and he'd always say it was a miracle anything got done due to how messed up all their records were.

[@bananafreakingidiot]

Please do one on the Nazi ascent to Mount Elbrus.

[@yereverluvinuncleber]

Ribbentrop used to regularly visit Blickling Hall here in Norfolk prior to the war, he was very fond of Blickling. Perhaps I should start digging around here in Norfolk.

[@michaelr1664]

I would like a documentary about why the US entered so late in the war when victory was all but assured. Was it so to let Europe weaken fighting among them selfs and then at the end to capitalize on everything they could?

[@karim2k]

There was a million stories of gold left by Nazis in Tunisia but never seen any

[@roc3429]

Gold Bricks used as paperweights! Some Humans sold their souls in this scenario.

[@s208richard8]

Like to see Mark cover Yamashita's Gold. The stories of it and it's alleged discovery are legendary around Asia.

[@Dylan_Goodboy]

It's crazy you mentioned dachu prison my grandfather used to tell me horror stories about what went on there.

[@mr.imarealsuperhero4201]

I know where i'm heading this summer... My kingdom for a horse, a shovel and some flippers..

[@JonSmith-yq1dw]

I would imagine These Bars being worth more than their intrinsic gold value.

[@James-sh8mu]

This channel is gold

[@hughmckendrick3018]

Entertaining as usual. You sould do content on the Nazi's forgery attempts.

[@joerag6077]

How do you keep cranking out so much good content?

[@georgedoolittle9015]

might need to reflect the new exchange rates betweens pounds and dollars. most Nazi gold wound up in Portugal for obvious reasons. Great insight into the workings of the 3rd Reich..

[@getmartincarter]

I enjoyed the gold story most interesting ! Forensic accounting possibly outside your area of expertise but I’ve been curious about the Swiss involvement in hiding Nazi gold and the final ownership of assets deposited but never claimed by Jewish relative . Swiss Banking records should disclose the transfer of funds to Argentina in the years 1940 - 1950

[@iqbalzaidi353]

Thanks mark It will be good to see again the lost treasures during war like Amber room ( a painting from room was sold by son of soldier couple of years back in USA) , paintings belonging to museums and private collectors now lying in someone’s attic or government Area 51 Who knows?

[@mrhamburger6936]

As always an excellent video

[@c.coleman2979]

Most of the gold stowed in the vaults below the World Trade Center also went missing on 9/11, despite official disclaimers to the contrary. Estimated at Billions of $.

[@nickatwood305]

I love your work and all these videos. I’m wondering if you happen to take requests? I would very much like to hear about some of the history of stalag13 witch is the center of the Hogan’s heroes tv show. I think it’s important to tell POWs stories the war doesn’t stop just because you got captured.

[@sarjim4381]

About $291 million in gold at today's price of $1400. Someone in the SS got really rich with this one.

[@LuckysMotorcycles]

Fantastic videos - thanks !

[@robw3027]

One of your best Mark! Considered myself fairly well read on the Third Reich and had heard none of this.

[@UpTheAnte1987]

I know where my next holiday destination is. Got to book some diving lessons too.

[@aamirqadri1302]

Comprehensive and educational !

[@electricflyer81]

The very sad thing about much of this gold is that it was collected from the teeth of people killed by the Nazis.

[@Roscoe_B]

Plenty of sticky allied hands to be sure.

[@elihu217qd5150]

what a great vacation- fishing for gold.

[@Colt45hatchback]

My grandfather used to say he saw many a crashed and burned me109 with a dead pilot and a layer of melted gold in the bottom of the cockpit. One would assume if this was accurate it wasnt stolen from russia as he thought and perhaps was stolen from within the reich. My grandfather was a hungarian aircraft mechanic who drove a halftrack as a field service vehicle later in the war.

[@ludvigborg2826]

if you get six tons of gold out on the market then the price would crash down and dont be worth as much as you said that it would be