The Hunt for Lost Nazi Gold Trains

Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality, History, Religion

4 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In the final installment of my series exploring the legends behind Indiana Jones films, I look at both the reality and the myth of Nazi gold trains, specifically looking at the tragedy behind the Hungarian gold train and the urban legend of a buried Nazi gold train in Poland. Direct all advertising inquiries to [email protected]. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found! And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts! Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), including "daemones," "Remedy for Melancholy," "Comatose," "July," "Oneiri," "daedalus," "Daylight PON II," and "Sentinel." "Adventure Theme" by Adam Monroe was licensed commercially through Pond5. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.0	Throughout the decades since the end of World War II, the idea of lost Nazi gold
1:08.5	has intrigued numerous researchers, animated many a conspiracy theorist,
1:13.6	led to a great deal of lawsuits, and inspired an entire subculture of treasure hunters.
1:20.6	The Nazis were known to have drained and hoarded their own gold reserves, looted gold
1:26.6	and other valuables from the countries they invaded,
1:30.3	and seized the wealth of the Jews they worked to systematically erase from the earth.
1:36.3	While some of this plunder was seized by Allied forces, and much of the rest of it disappeared into the Swiss banking system, it seems
1:46.2	a reasonable enough notion that somewhere, some deposit, remains awaiting discovery.
1:53.4	This prospect seems especially plausible to those who live in Poland, or more specifically
2:00.8	Lower Silesiaia in southwest Poland,
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