After the Normandy landing campaign, Nazi Germany, once a powerful country, gradually entered the twilight of a great country. Deep in the Alps, some locals once saw the SS, escorting dozens of large boxes to Lake Toplitz and sinking into the lake. Here, let's introduce the lake selected as the location of caisson. Lake Toplitz is located deep in the Alps and surrounded by mountains on three sides. The lake is about 250 meters wide and the water depth is about 100 meters. What's even more amazing is that the lake is below 20 meters, the salinity of the lake is extremely high, the oxygen content is extremely low, and almost no life exists. This also makes the salvage work extremely difficult.
After the end of World War II, it was widely rumored that the Nazis sank a large amount of gold and silver into Lake Toples. Some people think that these treasures were the gold jewels that Germany plundered Jews at that time; Others think that boxes are cultural relics of various countries. Suddenly, the news that there were Nazi treasures in the lake spread like wildfire, attracting many treasure hunters to explore.
But these treasure hunters, explorers, scientists, no matter how to treasure, all ended in failure. What is even more surprising is that some of these people were threatened by neo-Nazi forces, some disappeared mysteriously, and even a few were murdered. According to statistics, seven people died because of treasure hunting. It is also because of the death of people that the Austrian government issued an order prohibiting the exploration and treasure hunting in Lake Toplitz. Some people speculate that some Nazi remnants may secretly protect or compete for these treasures here, but the more so, the more curious people are.
From the early 1960s to the early 1980s, the Austrian government spent a lot of money and manpower to organize the salvage of Lake Toples. * * * 18 large metal boxes with excellent sealing were salvaged, but unexpectedly, these huge metal boxes contained not gold and silver treasures, but huge counterfeit pounds and some fake documents.
According to the investigation, during World War II, Germany was financially tight due to the sharp increase in military expenditure. In order to meet the needs of other countries' armed forces and disrupt the financial order of other countries, Hitler ordered the forgery of hard currency pounds at that time. However, with the deterioration of the international situation, the Nazis had to throw some counterfeit money into the lake, which is the origin of the rumor of Nazi treasure in Toplitz Lake.