LOOTED TREASURE IN VAULT IN GOERING’S CASTLE
(N.Z.P.A.—Reuter—Copyright.) (9 n.m.) BERLIN, April 2. American occupation troops digging beneath a Bavarian castle once owned by Hermann Goering today uncovered a treasure believed to be worth £350,000. It included gold Ingots, gilded chandeliers, silverware, and rare wines.
The castle called Veldenstein is In the village of Neuhas near the GermanCzech border. It was once Goering’s hunting lodge but is now the property of the German State.
The diggers made the find after breaking into a walled-up room in a concrete underground chamber. They are continuing the search. The treasure Is believed to have been removed from Goering's Berlin home to the castle to escape the Allied advance in 1945.
The German news agency said that the treasures belonged to the Royal House of the Netherlands and the Rothschild family. The agency added that an Italian, who learned of the treasure when in a German concentration camp, gave the Americans the clue. An American official said the digging began a fortnight ago.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23219, 3 April 1950, Page 7
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