It is said that it was a Secret brothel of the SSthe paramilitary organization that imposed the racial policies of Nazism and identified and persecuted opponents of the regime.

Today it is a abandoned mansion from the 18th century which is located in Minkowskie, near Wroclaw, in southern Poland.

There, in that place witnessed by one of the darkest and most painful chapters in history, a group of treasure hunters obtained permission to excavate a container – a kind of cistern – in which they believe there is a hidden huge amount of Nazi gold. And more.

The value? They think it’s around 250 million dollars.

The treasure of the Minkowskie palace: a letter, an officer and a mistress

The major excavation began in May 2021. Led by a group called Foundation of the Silesian bridgeafter a year of intense work, the researchers found a large metal case hidden underground.

They reached it thanks to the use of terrestrial exploration radars and following the data in which they found secret documentsin the diary of an SS officer and on an ancient, detailed map The mirror.

As the medium describes, the experts obtained this information from the descendants of officers belonging to an ancient Christian society known as Quedlinburg-Lodgedating back more than 1000 years ago.

In the package, among all the documents, there was a letter from a senior official by force to one of the girls who worked in the building and who later became his lover.

“My dear Inge, I will fulfill my task with God’s will. Some transports have been successful. I entrust the remaining 48 heavy coffers of the Reichsbank and all the family coffers “wrote the man.

And I add: “Only you know where they are. May God help you and help me fulfill my mission “.

The diary describes the loot it contains, among other things 47 works of art of international importancebelieved to have been stolen from collections in France.

Roman Furmaniak, director of the research team, explained that: “Several people participated in hiding the deposits in Minkowskie. One of them was a officer named von Stein“.

“He stayed in the palace because he had a mistress there. Because of his location, he was often visited by high-ranking SS officers who treated him like a brothel,” the expert said.

In this context, the young Inge was the tutor appointed by von Stein a guard the hiding place.

According to Furmaniak, it was fell in love of the handsome officer in black uniform of the SS whom he considered a “God”.

“He believed it would have to stay there for a year, maybe two, then it would all be over. Nobody believed then that the region would come under the control of the former Soviet Union. There was a two-month period in 1945 that she had to do this hide from the Russians in the forest. But when he returned, the area was not disturbed. “

Wealth and history: what do you expect to find

Experts believe this treasure is composed jewelry and objects which had been appreciated by the German elite who lived in the area.

At one point, they handed over their valuables to the Nazis in hopes of doing so prevent them from being carried away by the advance of the Red Army From Russia.

It is also believed that the elusive “Gold of Wroclaw”, who disappeared from the police headquarters in that Polish city, would have been found among the buried booty. Is that for the experts the treasure was stolen by order of the head of the SS, Heinrich Himmlerto set the Fourth Reich.

The Foundation of the Silesian bridge started working on park of over 14 hectares more than a year ago and has focused particularly on the area of greenhouse during most of the excavation.

“The Foundation’s goal is to verify the stories contained in the newspaper, which we have been doing for many years,” the director said.

The massive booty would include works by Botticelli, Rubens, Cezanne, Caravaggio, Monet, Raphael and Rembrandt. Additionally, the vaults would contain gold coins, medals, jewelry, and valuables deposited by the city’s wealthy with the local Nazi police for safekeeping.

Now, the Foundation has finally received a permission to carry out archaeological work and check if the treasures are still there.

“This task awaits us in the near future,” Furmaniak concluded.