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Poles find mass graves of Nazi victims

Graves with the remains of 8 000 people were found by investigators in Poland near the site of the Soldau concentration camp. The Germans wanted to hide the burial pits. They burned the bodies, buried them and planted trees. The victims included members of the Polish elite, soldiers, resistance fighters and Jews.

13.5.2019 24 jewels and 2776 gold and silver coins

A real treasure was discovered in the cellar of a house in the former Jewish ghetto in Keszthely. It contained 24 jewels and 2,776 rare gold and silver coins. The original owners of this wealth are believed to have died in a concentration camp.

New treasures of the Spanish galleon 366 years after the sinking

In 1656, the Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas (Our Lady of Wonders) was wrecked on the west side of Little Bahama Bank about 70 km off the coast. It was literally stuffed with treasure, which is why it was repeatedly plundered by various societies and wild expeditions over the following centuries. When another expedition went to the site recently, few imagined there was anything left on the seabed...

5. 5.2015 Objects of the original inhabitants found in burned Ležáky

In the village of Ležáky, burned by the Nazis, archaeologists have managed to find objects that belonged to the original inhabitants. In a buried cellar, they found a nail for a horse or a key. In addition, a shrapnel from a grenade.

Luftwaffe pilot's watch on sale for 200,000

The military watch, worn by soldiers in the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War, was discovered by a family in Coventry while sorting through their late father's possessions. The watch will be auctioned in August for more than 7,000 British pounds, or just over 200,000 crowns.

WWII aircraft discovered in the Himalayas

A missing World War II plane has been identified in the remote Indian Himalayas nearly 80 years after it crashed. The search for it has been treacherous indeed. Three guides died in a snowstorm.

22.2.2011 Treasure hidden from the Nazis, grandson sells dishes at auction

During World War II, a wealthy Prussian family buried a treasure in the woods to escape the Nazis. The beautiful plates, cutlery and candlesticks were auctioned off 11 years ago. The artefacts were expected to sell for £15,000. They were discovered by the son of the original owner.

23.11.2010 Gold table worth £6.6 million

On the streets of post-war Berlin, a Holocaust survivor traded a gold plate for a pack of cigarettes. It later turned out to be a rare artefact from a museum worth £6.6 million. But the woman's family can keep the item.

Thunderbolt

Thirty years ago I was digging up a war plane near Mariánské Lázně. The aim was to find out what kind of machine it was and who was its pilot. We succeeded.

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