WARSAW, Poland — According to Polish lore, a Nazi train loaded with gold, artworks and weapons vanished into a mountain at the end of World War II, as the Germans fled the Soviet advance. Now two men claim they know the location of the mystery train and are demanding money for revealing its location.
The existence of the train has never been conclusively proven, but authorities are not passing up this chance at possibly recovering treasures that locals and the government have sought for 70 years.
“We believe that a train has been found. We are taking this information seriously,” said Marika Tokarska, an official in the southwestern Polish district of Walbrzych.
She said her office received letters from a law firm representing the anonymous men, a Pole and a German, saying they are seeking 10 percent of the value of the train’s contents for its location. They say the train is 490 feet long and loaded with guns, valuables and precious metals, but don’t specify where it is.The Associated Press
