The municipality of Buren used its web site to advise in opposition to on the lookout for a treasure close to Ommeren, which is alleged to have been buried there by German troopers on the finish of World Warfare II. The Nazi troopers had reportedly buried jewellery, valuable stones, gold watches and cash in ammunition packing containers after discovering them in Arnhem. Again then, the property had been blown out of the protected in an Arnhem financial institution in the course of the violent struggle.
The rationale for this was that this week the Nationwide Archives unveiled an actual treasure map displaying the situation marked with a cross, which instantly acquired quite a lot of media consideration.
In line with the web site of the municipality of Buren, of which Ommeren is a component, it acquired “many inquiries about this treasure map and the Nazi treasure” and now feels compelled to warn treasure hunters of risks and prohibitions.
“Consultants level out that the realm is close to the entrance line of World Warfare II. Looking there’s harmful due to doable unexploded bombs, land mines or shells. Due to this fact, we don’t advise looking for the Nazi treasure,” the municipality of Buren burdened.
As well as, It’s also “prohibited to make use of or have with you a metallic detector or every other object for detecting metallic objects in public with out an exemption from the mayor and aldermen”, the municipality continued.
Nevertheless, it’s unlikely that something will likely be discovered. After the struggle, a number of frantic however unsuccessful searches have been made for the treasures, additionally with detectors within the wider space. The unique supply of the story, a furnishings maker from Baden-Baden who was energetic in Velp as a parachutist for the German military, was nonetheless concerned in 1947 to offer the Dutch authorities directions. However the efforts have been in useless. The query is now, whether or not his story was a fabrication or whether or not others dug up the treasures.
