Hunters Look for Nazi Treasure in the Netherlands

2023-01-10

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  • Treasure hunters walked with digging tools and metal detectors through the fields of Ommeren in eastern Netherlands last week.
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  • They were looking for gold and jewels that Nazi soldiers reportedly buried during World War II.
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  • The Dutch National Archive released a 77-year-old Nazi map last week.
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  • Officials said the map was believed to show where soldiers had hidden four boxes of valuable jewels and metals.
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  • The men had stolen them after a bank explosion in 1944, the Archive said.
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  • Some people believe the objects may be worth millions of dollars.
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  • Dutch officials took the map from a German soldier after the Netherlands was freed from Nazi occupation in 1945.
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  • The map was protected for 75 years before it was required to be shown to the public.
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  • The Archive said it looked for the treasure several times in 1947 but did not find anything.
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  • Anne-Marieke Samson is an Archive spokesperson.
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  • She said the organization researched the story and found it to be "reliable."
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  • However, she said it is also possible there was never a treasure, or that it had been removed before the Archive searched.
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  • The possibility of treasure proved impossible to resist for 57-year-old Jan Henzen.
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  • He was one of many, armed with tools, searching the area.
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  • "Like a lot of people, the news about the treasure made me go look for myself.
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  • The chance of the treasure still being here after 70 years is very small I think, but I want to give it a try," he said.
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  • The former mayor of Ommeren is Klaas Tammes.
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  • He runs an organization that owns the land where people are looking.
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  • He said he has seen hunters come from all parts of the country.
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  • "A map with a row of three trees and a red cross marking a spot where a treasure should be hidden sparks the imagination," he said.
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  • "Anyone who finds anything will have to report it to us, so we'll see," Tammes said, adding, "But I wouldn't expect it to be easy."
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  • I'm Dan Friedell.
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  • Treasure hunters walked with digging tools and metal detectors through the fields of Ommeren in eastern Netherlands last week.
  • 2
  • They were looking for gold and jewels that Nazi soldiers reportedly buried during World War II.
  • 3
  • The Dutch National Archive released a 77-year-old Nazi map last week. Officials said the map was believed to show where soldiers had hidden four boxes of valuable jewels and metals. The men had stolen them after a bank explosion in 1944, the Archive said.
  • 4
  • Some people believe the objects may be worth millions of dollars.
  • 5
  • Dutch officials took the map from a German soldier after the Netherlands was freed from Nazi occupation in 1945.
  • 6
  • The map was protected for 75 years before it was required to be shown to the public.
  • 7
  • The Archive said it looked for the treasure several times in 1947 but did not find anything.
  • 8
  • Anne-Marieke Samson is an Archive spokesperson. She said the organization researched the story and found it to be "reliable." However, she said it is also possible there was never a treasure, or that it had been removed before the Archive searched.
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  • The possibility of treasure proved impossible to resist for 57-year-old Jan Henzen. He was one of many, armed with tools, searching the area.
  • 10
  • "Like a lot of people, the news about the treasure made me go look for myself. The chance of the treasure still being here after 70 years is very small I think, but I want to give it a try," he said.
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  • The former mayor of Ommeren is Klaas Tammes. He runs an organization that owns the land where people are looking.
  • 12
  • He said he has seen hunters come from all parts of the country.
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  • "A map with a row of three trees and a red cross marking a spot where a treasure should be hidden sparks the imagination," he said.
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  • "Anyone who finds anything will have to report it to us, so we'll see," Tammes said, adding, "But I wouldn't expect it to be easy."
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  • I'm Dan Friedell.
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  • Dan Friedell adapted this story for VOA Learning English based on a report by Reuters.
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  • Words in This Story
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  • map -n. a picture or chart that shows the location of cities and land features such as rivers or lakes
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  • box -n. a container where items can be held
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  • metal detector -n. a tool that an operator carries over the ground to see if a metal item is below the surface
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  • reliable -adj. able to be counted on, something that is thought to be correct
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  • spark -v. to cause something to happen, to inspire someone or something
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