Diving for Nazi Treasures to be Banned

editor@diverwire.com (Sara-Lisa Haith, Deeper Blue)

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According to ABC News and other sources, Austrian nature experts are seeking a 99 year ban on diving in Lake Toplitz, which is rumoured to hold one of the last great secrets of World War II where countless crates filled with vast quantities of Nazi gold and other treasures.

In the spring of 1945, when Hitler`s Third Reich was beginning to tumble down, the Nazis were looking for a perfect place to hide their most valuables diamonds and gold worth millions, stolen art, and also documents detailing the whereabouts of other Nazi treasures. With US troops closing in and Germany on the brink of collapse, they transported the boxes to the edge of the lake, first by military vehicle and then by horse-drawn wagon, and sunk them. It is not known exactly what was inside. Some believe they contained gold looted by German troops throughout Europe and carried back to Germany. Others that they contain documents showing where assets confiscated from Jewish victims were hidden in Swiss bank accounts.

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