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Poland:the existence of the Nazi train is 99% sure

The general curator of monuments in Poland, Piotr Zuchowski, said on Friday that he was "99%" convinced of the existence of a "Nazi train", the recent announcement of the discovery of which had stirred public opinion and Polish treasure hunters. The Ksiaz castle whose basements could house the "Nazi gold train", November 21 2014, near Walbrzych, Poland

PHOTOS. "I am 99% sure that such a train exists, but information about its contents remains unverifiable at this time ", said Piotr Zuchowski, general curator of monuments in Poland, in front of the press, this Friday August 28, 2015. The alleged "Nazi train", which a Pole and a German would have discovered recently in Walbrzych, in the south-west of the Poland, resuscitates the legend of the trains loaded with gold and jewels, which disappeared at the time of the Nazi defeat in 1945.

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Mr. Zuchowski said he saw on radar photos an armored train, more than 100 meters long and buried underground. "The fact that it is an armored train suggests that inside there may be valuables ", he said. It could be "precious objects, works of art, even the archives of which we have known the existence, without discovering them ". But this train can also contain, according to him, "hazardous materials ", so that "the operations of its unearthing will have to be carried out by specialized services, including artificers, because of the risk that the train is mined ". Mr. Zuchowski confirmed that the discoverers' lawyers, who wish to remain anonymous, duly informed the authorities, both regional and central, of their discovery. He declined to provide any details on the exact location. of the find and on the date of the beginning of the operations of its unearthing.