The Truth Behind Lake Toplitz's Hidden Nazi Treasure

After WW2, rumors circulated about Nazis dumping gold in Lake Toplitz, Austria, a remote, deep lake used by Nazis as a dumping site for stolen treasures. In 1959, a German journalist Wolfgang Lühr uncovered boxes of counterfeit British pound notes at the Austrian lake. Nazis used Operation Bernhard, led by SS officer Bernhard Krüger, to forge millions of pounds in an attempt to destabilize the British economy. But did the gold actually exist or was it just a myth?
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[@metalmyke1]

We all know they took it with them to South America.

[@roxet-u2c]

IF THAT WAS BOXES OF GOLD ONE MAN NEVER LIFT IT, GOLD IS HEAVY, VERY HEAVY

[@Rkolb2798]

I wish they would get the uniforms right

[@tinytattoomike7943]

They tied their shoes in little Nazi’s 🤣

[@katherinecollins4685]

Interesting

[@scottm2828]

The one commentator sounds just like Lars Ulrich.

[@TinShackVideos]

In the thumbnail photo,Hitler's hair part is on the wrong side.

[@RabidSnot]

the photo negative was flipped.. happens all the time.

[@vancedoering3577]

Just like the train in the tunnel in poland loaded with nazi treasure Nothing has been found