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Quinto: World War II
was the deadliest conflict
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in modern history.
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But it was also one of
the greatest heists ever pulled.
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In their quest
for world domination,
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Germany's Third Reich
amassed what might be
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the largest collection
of stolen wealth ever acquired.
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And those aren't
the only secrets
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the Nazis kept hidden away.
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Equally valuable,
they were protecting knowledge,
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advanced weapons technology
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completely unknown
to the Allies,
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which, if unleashed,
could have led World War II
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to a very different outcome.
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Tonight we aim to uncover
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the Nazis'
most enduring secrets,
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from an incredible
stockpile of lost gold
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to a first-ever television look
at a cutting-edge machine
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thought to have vanished
70 years ago
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and one treasure so priceless,
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it's been called the missing
Eighth Wonder of the World...
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as we go in search
of Nazi secrets.
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From 1939 to 1945,
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more than 50 countries
were embroiled in World War II.
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But Adolf Hitler's atrocities
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actually started
six years earlier.
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When he became chancellor
of Germany in 1933,
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he immediately
began preparing his Third Reich
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to take over Europe
and perhaps the entire world.
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To do this,
Hitler needed two things,
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weapons and wealth.
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To achieve the first,
the Nazis began hiring
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and even kidnapping
Europe's top scientists,
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putting them to work
on new weapons technology.
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To achieve the second, the Nazis
looted almost four tons of gold
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from central banks across Europe
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and vast troves
of priceless artwork.
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While some of the Nazis'
stolen loot and technology
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has been recovered,
much more is still missing.
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The question is,
where did it all go?
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NYU Professor
Dr. Timothy Naftali
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is a leading expert
on Nazi plunder.
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Today he's gotten
a rare opportunity
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to visit what might be
the Nazis' favorite hiding spot
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for their secret stolen goods.
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Today I'm two hours
outside of Frankfurt.
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I'm headed to Merkers mine
to see where the Nazis
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put the gold that they
had plundered from Europe
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at the end of World War II.
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Quinto: The town of Merkers
is still home
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to a working
salt and potassium mine,
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and, just like in 1945,
the Nazis' secret treasure room
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is not easily accessible.
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The journey starts
with a 2,000-foot descent
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in the mine's industrial lift.
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When you descend
in the elevator,
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you have
this sense of claustrophobia.
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And when you leave the entryway,
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you have a sense that you're
completely locked away.
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Quinto: Dr. Naftali
has never had the chance
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to visit this site before.
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Luckily, he has the advantage
of a mining truck
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and a driver who knows the way.
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A visitor in 1945
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could have spent years
wandering these tunnels
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without ever finding
the stolen gold.
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Here we are 500 meters down,
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traveling in a truck.
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It's very dark.
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There are 30 kilometers
of passageways in this mine.
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You could take
the map of this mine
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and put it
over the map of Leipzig,
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a large city in Germany.
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That's how extensive
the mine is.
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Quinto: Dr. Naftali has finally
reached a nondescript entrance
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to the room the Nazis
simply called number eight.
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Behind this door
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sat one of the greatest
treasure hoards ever assembled.
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Wow.
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Quinto: 75 feet wide
and 150 feet long,
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with 12-foot-high ceilings
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and its own tram railway
leading in and out,
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this space once contained
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the lion's share
of Nazi Germany's secret wealth.
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I could see why the Nazis
had selected this place,
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because I don't know how anyone,
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without a little bit of luck,
could have found it.
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Quinto: But how did
the Allies find this room
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thousands of feet below ground
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along one of a near-infinite
series of tunnels?
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Actually, it was
completely by accident.
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Two French women
told American soldiers
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that they had seen
sacks of money
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being taken out of the mine.
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Well, at that point,
the U.S. Army took notice.
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Quinto: But the Nazis
wouldn't give up
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their secret treasure so easily.
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There was an intense battle
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before the U.S.
took control of the mine
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and discovered
the door of room number eight.
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Fearing the door
would be booby-trapped,
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troops blew a hole in the wall.
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It wasn't until the dust settled
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that they realized
the enormity of their discovery.
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U.S. soldiers
come into this room,
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and they discover
8,198 of these gold bars.
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Quinto: In addition
to 110 tons of gold bars,
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the army found
55 crates of gold bullion...
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5,000 bags of various currency,
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and hundreds
of priceless artworks.
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And when they reached
the back wall
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of room number eight,
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they found something
even more shocking.
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Behind me, there were
189 suitcases and trunks.
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They were filled with
silverware, jewelry, gold teeth.
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The Nazi war machine's
hunger for gold
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was such that the S.S.
was looking for the gold
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in the teeth of its victims.
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And so, the teeth were stolen
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so that they could be added to
the plunder of the Nazi state.
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Quinto: Along with the treasure,
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the U.S. Army found
a detailed inventory
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of every item
in every container.
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They spent several days
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loading up the stolen goods
and taking them
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to an abandoned bank
in Frankfurt for safekeeping.
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But despite all
of the meticulous oversight,
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it's here
that the true mystery begins,
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because, as it turns out,
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the secret treasure
of Merkers mine
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was quite a bit lighter
than expected.
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The fact of the matter
is the sums don't add up,
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and there still is some mystery
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as to what happened
to all of that gold.
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It is estimated that the Nazis
stole $598 million--
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this is 1945 dollars--
worth of gold.
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What was found here
was not all of it.
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Quinto: The gold
stored at Merkers mine
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was worth
about $250 million in 1945,
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less than half of the alleged
$598 million total.
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So where was the rest of it?
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The fact of the matter is
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we don't know
where all of it went.
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Imagine a multi-billion-dollar
lost treasure
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out there
waiting to be discovered.
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It sounds like a pipe dream,
but it may actually be true.
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Though the U.S. Army
recovered a vast amount
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of stolen Nazi gold
in Merkers mine,
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it's been estimated
that an even larger quantity
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is still unaccounted for,
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a sum that today
is worth about $5 billion.
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Without a doubt, a great deal of
that was spent to fund the war,
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but did the Nazis
actually spend all of it?
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We know for a fact
that the answer is no.
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In April of 1945,
nearly 10 tons of gold
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was found by the Allies
near the town of Einsiedl.
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Even as recently as 2015,
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amateur treasure-hunter
Florian Bautsch found a cache
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of 217 buried Nazi gold coins
outside the town of Luneburg.
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Why were these
smaller amounts of gold
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separated
from the Nazi stockpile?
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It's a simple matter
of greed and opportunity.
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As the war ended,
soldiers from both sides
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couldn't help but be tempted
to take some of the treasure
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for themselves and hide it away.
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How much of this
now twice-stolen gold
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remains hidden somewhere,
still waiting to be found?
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Treasure hunter Jurgen Proske
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believes it could be
a staggering amount.
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In fact,
he has an incredible new lead
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on one particularly large cache
of stolen Nazi loot.
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Now we are going
to the Lake Walchen,
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which was the final destination
of the gold
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from the former
national bank of the Nazis.
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Quinto: We know
the Nazis transferred gold
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from their national bank
to Merkers mine.
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From there,
Jurgen believes 10 tons of it
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was brought here to Einsiedl...
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where the Allies
found it buried in 1945.
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But, according to Jurgen,
they didn't find everything.
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Quinto: 150 kilograms
may not sound like a lot,
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but it's actually
$7 million worth of gold.
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Jurgen has been
looking for it for 10 years.
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But recently he's found
an incredible new clue
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as to its whereabouts.
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Quinto: According to Jurgen,
in the diary,
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the officer confesses
to stealing the gold.
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But when he returned
years later,
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the landscape had changed,
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and he could no longer find
his buried treasure.
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The question is,
did someone else find it,
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or could it still be here?
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Quinto: If he's right, Jurgen
could be about to close the case
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on a 75-year-old,
$7-million mystery.
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Quinto: This is a German
M43 hand grenade,
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which would have originally
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been mounted on a stalk
for throwing.
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Quinto: But despite the danger,
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this is a good sign for Jurgen.
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Because there was no active
fighting here during the war,
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it would be unusual
to find a grenade.
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Unless, of course,
some disgruntled soldiers
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were here guarding
something they'd stolen...
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like a $7 million treasure.
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Aha.
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Quinto: There are
rounds of ammunition
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from Nazi machine guns.
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And remnants
of a World War II belt buckle.
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Quinto: But where is the gold?
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So far, Jurgen's metal detector
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has only turned up
small objects.
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330 pounds of gold would
generate a much larger reading.
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Quinto: It may not be the gold,
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but this helmet
is an incredibly rare find.
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There are also remnants
of a gas mask inside.
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Quinto: As today's search
comes to an end,
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Jurgen is more confident
than ever
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that he's on the right track.
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The grenade, ammunition,
insignia, and helmet found today
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could well indicate
that something valuable
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was being guarded here.
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As we've already seen,
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on any given day,
German treasure hunters
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might just be
one turn of the shovel away
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from millions of dollars
or even billions in Nazi gold.
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But let's not forget
that stolen money
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was only a small part
of the Nazis' many secrets.
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They also pulled off the biggest
art heist in history,
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hundreds of thousands
of priceless works
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by artists like Michelangelo,
Rembrandt, and Van Gogh.
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Hitler had plans to exhibit
all of his stolen artwork
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at a new museum to be built
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in his hometown
of Linz, Austria.
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At the centerpiece
of the Führer museum
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was to be perhaps
the single greatest treasure
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the Nazis ever stole.
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What was
this incredible treasure?
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It's a work of art so massive
and so valuable that it's
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been called the missing
Eighth Wonder of the World.
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But to those who lost it,
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it's simply known
as the Amber Room.
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Historian David Caldwell-Evans
is an expert
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on the Third Reich's
many stolen treasures.
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But none has captivated him
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as much as this one
in particular.
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The Amber Room
is a unique work of art.
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It was a room entirely paneled
with nearly 190 square feet
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of decorated, carved,
embellished amber.
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Quinto: Estimated to be worth
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as much
as half a billion dollars,
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the Germans gave the Amber Room
as a gift to Russia in 1716.
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It was installed
in St. Petersburg's Catherine Palace.
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That is, until the Nazis invaded
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and looted the palace in 1941.
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They dismantled the Amber Room,
packing it into 24 large crates.
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Then they brought it
to Konigsberg castle
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in the German state of Prussia.
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But the Soviets
wouldn't give up so easily.
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In 1944,
they advanced on Konigsberg
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and destroyed the castle.
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As they searched the ruins,
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they were shocked to discover
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that the Amber Room
wasn't there.
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So where could it have gone?
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Today David is
in the Polish town of Mamerki
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hoping to answer
that very question.
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Just 60 miles from Konigsberg,
Mamerki was the center
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of German command
on the Eastern Front.
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Here you can find remnants
of the Nazis all around.
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This is
just one of the bunkers
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surviving today at Mamerki.
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As you can see,
they're full of earth.
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They've not
been properly explored.
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Only one percent of the area
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has been properly explored
or been examined.
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So, from bunkers like this,
there could be a branch,
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a network of tunnels,
reaching out across this area
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to connect who knows what,
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with other bunkers,
air-raid shelters,
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or maybe a chamber
holding the Amber Room.
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But the important question is,
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why would the Amber Room
come here?
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Quinto: That question
has a very simple answer.
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This is high-ranking
Nazi official Erich Koch.
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He oversaw the Amber Room
at Konigsberg.
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After his capture
and imprisonment,
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he told investigators
that the room
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was brought here to Mamerki
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and kept in a bunker
just 200 yards away.
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When that bunker was searched,
nothing was found.
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But Bartek Plebanczyk
of the Mamerki Museum
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is convinced
it must still be nearby.
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Today he's brought
a new tool to aid in his search,
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a ground-penetrating radar.
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How does it
actually work, then?
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What is it showing us
on the screen here?
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I'm making the lines,
like one line for five meters,
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and if something
is different in the ground,
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like, let's say
a concrete wall or metal parts,
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the machine will calculate
any differences,
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and I will see
something is under the ground.
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Quinto:
It's a painstaking process
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that involves
crossing back and forth
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through an area
in precisely aligned paths.
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If the Amber Room
is at Mamerki,
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it's not gonna be
in one of the obvious bunkers
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that anyone can visit today.
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It must be buried somewhere.
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It must be underground.
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Quinto: It takes
nearly four hours
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to fully map the area
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surrounding the bunker
identified by Erich Koch,
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but the search has turned up
one very promising lead.
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This, this point
is very interesting for me.
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The bunker is here.
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We make--We searched
the square area
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and all the colors are the same,
and this color has changed,
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so I have very strong belief
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that, uh, we've found
what we are looking for.
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So what's next?
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I think
we should start digging.
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Quinto: The object
on the radar scan
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is less than a foot
below the ground.
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Even so,
reaching it won't be easy.
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Mamerki, today,
is a largely unspoiled area.
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It's sort of natural forest.
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It's been growing here
for many years.
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So when you think
you have 70 years of neglect
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to dig through
to find anything,
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then any task is gonna be
extremely difficult here.
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I-Is that a line there?
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Yes, it's a straight line,
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so this is exactly
what we are looking for.
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Quinto: The excavation
has revealed a concrete hatch.
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Now the pair must determine
if it's safe to enter.
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Previous searches
here at Mamerki
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have found German explosive
devices from World War II,
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hand grenades,
mines lying around the woods.
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Very often, they're inert,
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because they've been immersed
in water for many years,
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but you simply
can't take that risk.
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Bartek works with a local
expert in underground surveys.
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The reason for bringing him in
is he actually designs systems,
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cameras that can
be used by the security
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and the search and rescue
services around the world
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to actually explore cavities,
things like that.
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Quinto: This could be
the first glimpse
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anyone has had of this chamber
in over 70 years.
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00:24:59,373 --> 00:25:00,331
I'm getting a picture.
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It's pretty dark in there.
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Okay, now I can see something.
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There's something
right by the camera now.
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Steel, uh, steps, rungs, ladder
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going down
the side of the--the brick.
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It's very solid-looking
brickwork after all this time.
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Quinto: The camera doesn't show
any immediate hazards,
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but there's only one way to tell
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just how large
this bunker might be.
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Could this be the resting place
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of the Nazis'
most valuable stolen treasure?
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If so, we're finally
on the verge of finding out.
361
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What is the single greatest
treasure the Nazis ever stole?
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One candidate
is the famed Amber Room...
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a lavish chamber
taken from a Russian palace,
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worth up
to half a billion dollars,
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that has been missing
since 1944.
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I can say that something
is different under the ground.
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Quinto: But today there's
a chance it might soon be found
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00:26:12,154 --> 00:26:16,865
in a complex of underground
bunkers in Mamerki, Poland.
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Is it safe to go down?
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It seems like
it's safe to go inside.
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00:26:21,956 --> 00:26:24,665
Well, the hatch is open, so
there's only one way to find out
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whether we found the Amber Room,
and that's go down and look.
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Right, well, I'm down now.
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Uh, let me give you an idea
what I can see
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if I just turn on
the light I brought.
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It's an extremely
strange feeling
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going down
into a brick chamber...
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at the site of the German Army's
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high command headquarters
in World War II.
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You do realize that no one
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has touched those iron rungs
for 70 years.
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Quinto: The chamber
is dry and secure,
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suggesting that,
if the Amber Room is here,
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it might remain
well-preserved.
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And so, brickwork,
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solid concrete roof above me,
and sand,
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sand and mud
filling the bottom of this.
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00:27:19,013 --> 00:27:21,513
Looks as though
the brickwork has fallen away.
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00:27:29,523 --> 00:27:33,942
This does look,
unfortunately, like a dead end.
390
00:27:36,030 --> 00:27:38,781
Quinto: Even if
it were buried under the sand,
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00:27:38,824 --> 00:27:42,576
this chamber appears too small
to hold the 24 crates
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that contain
the dismantled Amber Room.
393
00:27:45,998 --> 00:27:47,998
But David and Bartek
still believe
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00:27:48,042 --> 00:27:50,084
it could be hidden nearby.
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00:27:51,212 --> 00:27:52,670
It's important to remember,
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00:27:52,713 --> 00:27:57,383
when Erich Koch, the Nazi
governor of East Prussia,
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00:27:57,426 --> 00:28:00,803
was brought back
to this site in 1970,
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00:28:00,846 --> 00:28:04,139
he identified a site
only 200 yards away
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00:28:04,183 --> 00:28:07,017
and said that's where
the Amber Room was buried.
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00:28:07,061 --> 00:28:08,352
So, between there--
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00:28:08,396 --> 00:28:11,230
between that site
and this site, who knows?
402
00:28:11,273 --> 00:28:13,649
There could be other chambers,
other ways.
403
00:28:13,693 --> 00:28:17,236
Even if this doesn't connect,
another chamber might connect
404
00:28:17,279 --> 00:28:20,072
to the last resting place
of the Amber Room.
405
00:28:22,576 --> 00:28:25,285
Quinto: There are
200 buildings in this complex,
406
00:28:25,329 --> 00:28:27,788
covering over 600 acres,
407
00:28:27,832 --> 00:28:31,083
with many more miles
of tunnels underneath.
408
00:28:31,127 --> 00:28:34,920
Each year, Bartek hopes
to scan and excavate
409
00:28:34,964 --> 00:28:37,840
at least
two new hidden chambers,
410
00:28:37,883 --> 00:28:41,552
but, at that rate, the work
will still take over a decade.
411
00:28:43,013 --> 00:28:45,431
It's bound to be
a painstaking process,
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00:28:45,474 --> 00:28:47,933
and something
that's easy to find,
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00:28:47,977 --> 00:28:50,561
you don't get
quite the same reward.
414
00:28:50,604 --> 00:28:55,023
And the story of the Amber Room,
it's so complex, so mysterious
415
00:28:55,067 --> 00:28:58,152
that every time you chip away
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00:28:58,195 --> 00:29:01,989
at that fundamental
underlying mystery,
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00:29:02,032 --> 00:29:04,450
one more place
that it isn't,
418
00:29:04,493 --> 00:29:07,161
just brings you closer
to the place that it is.
419
00:29:10,666 --> 00:29:13,667
The Amber Room
appears to be a Nazi secret
420
00:29:13,711 --> 00:29:16,837
that will remain hidden for
at least a little while longer,
421
00:29:16,881 --> 00:29:18,839
but let's not forget
422
00:29:18,883 --> 00:29:21,300
that the entire concept
of Nazi secrets
423
00:29:21,343 --> 00:29:23,719
could be interpreted
in many ways.
424
00:29:23,763 --> 00:29:26,680
So far, we've focused
on stolen gold
425
00:29:26,724 --> 00:29:27,890
and hidden treasures,
426
00:29:27,933 --> 00:29:30,976
certainly items
of great intrigue,
427
00:29:31,020 --> 00:29:32,936
but we're ignoring something
428
00:29:32,980 --> 00:29:35,773
that could be
even more important.
429
00:29:35,816 --> 00:29:40,277
What if the Nazis had a secret
that could have changed history?
430
00:29:40,321 --> 00:29:43,572
As it turns out,
they actually did,
431
00:29:43,616 --> 00:29:45,657
a devastating technology
432
00:29:45,701 --> 00:29:49,119
that destroyed
nearly 3,000 Allied ships.
433
00:29:49,163 --> 00:29:52,998
And, in fact,
it could have been even worse,
434
00:29:53,042 --> 00:29:55,083
because, as we're
about to find out,
435
00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:58,045
Hitler was on the verge
of launching a weapon
436
00:29:58,088 --> 00:30:01,673
that could potentially have
won the war for the Third Reich.
437
00:30:04,512 --> 00:30:07,095
What was the single greatest
secret the Nazis possessed?
438
00:30:07,139 --> 00:30:09,890
Was it the billions of dollars
in stolen gold
439
00:30:09,934 --> 00:30:12,059
they hid deep underground?
440
00:30:12,102 --> 00:30:14,436
Was it their collection
of artistic, religious,
441
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,439
and cultural masterpieces
from across Europe?
442
00:30:17,483 --> 00:30:20,025
Or was it something else,
443
00:30:20,069 --> 00:30:22,694
something that could have
actually won them the war?
444
00:30:24,114 --> 00:30:26,907
To achieve their goal
of world domination,
445
00:30:26,951 --> 00:30:29,743
the Third Reich rapidly
researched weapons technologies,
446
00:30:29,787 --> 00:30:33,914
making incredible advances
in a short period of time.
447
00:30:33,958 --> 00:30:36,458
They developed
long-range missiles
448
00:30:36,502 --> 00:30:39,878
and jet airplane engines
well before the Allies.
449
00:30:39,922 --> 00:30:44,007
Fortunately these breakthroughs
happened late in the war,
450
00:30:44,051 --> 00:30:47,052
when the tide had already
turned against Hitler.
451
00:30:47,096 --> 00:30:50,430
But there was
one secret technology
452
00:30:50,474 --> 00:30:53,600
that actually made
a significant impact,
453
00:30:53,644 --> 00:30:56,019
the U-boat.
454
00:30:56,063 --> 00:30:59,731
German U-boats sunk 3,000 ships
during World War II,
455
00:30:59,775 --> 00:31:01,275
causing the destruction
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00:31:01,318 --> 00:31:04,653
of over 5 million tons
of Allied goods.
457
00:31:07,658 --> 00:31:11,368
And, according to military
historian Dr. Geoffrey Wawro,
458
00:31:11,412 --> 00:31:14,705
it could have been
a whole lot worse.
459
00:31:18,836 --> 00:31:21,503
Today Dr. Wawro
is sailing from Denmark
460
00:31:21,547 --> 00:31:24,590
with a six-man
underwater salvage crew
461
00:31:24,633 --> 00:31:29,094
in search of the Nazis'
most powerful top-secret weapon,
462
00:31:29,138 --> 00:31:32,222
which was lost
just before the end of the war.
463
00:31:33,517 --> 00:31:36,351
We're going
to look for U-3523,
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00:31:36,395 --> 00:31:39,229
one of the most advanced
German U-boats in World War II.
465
00:31:41,442 --> 00:31:43,734
Quinto: Dr. Wawro's team
hopes to solve
466
00:31:43,777 --> 00:31:45,736
several mysteries
on this voyage,
467
00:31:45,779 --> 00:31:47,654
including
what secret technology
468
00:31:47,698 --> 00:31:49,740
the U-boat
may have been equipped with
469
00:31:49,783 --> 00:31:52,409
and why it was here
in the first place.
470
00:31:55,664 --> 00:31:58,916
Was it just a crew
that was on a routine mission,
471
00:31:58,959 --> 00:32:03,003
or were there Nazi grandees
aboard who were trying to flee,
472
00:32:03,047 --> 00:32:06,048
or was it loaded with Nazi gold
and other treasure?
473
00:32:08,844 --> 00:32:11,178
Quinto: Thought to be
the deadliest submarine
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00:32:11,221 --> 00:32:15,182
ever made, the U-3523
could very well
475
00:32:15,225 --> 00:32:18,352
have changed
the outcome of World War II.
476
00:32:20,856 --> 00:32:23,941
This was
the first fully submergible
477
00:32:23,984 --> 00:32:26,944
for long periods of time,
long-endurance submarine
478
00:32:26,987 --> 00:32:29,571
that was designed primarily
to operate underwater,
479
00:32:29,615 --> 00:32:32,950
and that restored stealthiness
to the submarine service.
480
00:32:32,993 --> 00:32:35,911
It meant that subs, which were
always very vulnerable
481
00:32:35,955 --> 00:32:38,288
'cause they had to come up
to the surface to get air,
482
00:32:38,332 --> 00:32:40,123
now they could stay underwater
483
00:32:40,167 --> 00:32:42,250
with this ingenious
German invention
484
00:32:42,294 --> 00:32:43,961
called the snorkel tube.
485
00:32:44,004 --> 00:32:47,172
Quinto: This submarine
was the first in history
486
00:32:47,216 --> 00:32:49,633
that could outmaneuver
an Allied ship
487
00:32:49,677 --> 00:32:52,844
while remaining unseen
underwater.
488
00:32:52,888 --> 00:32:55,681
And it wasn't
just built for speed.
489
00:32:55,724 --> 00:32:58,100
It was also built to destroy.
490
00:33:01,230 --> 00:33:03,063
The Type XXI U-boat
491
00:33:03,107 --> 00:33:05,899
was better armed than
the other German submarines.
492
00:33:05,943 --> 00:33:10,028
It had six
bow-facing torpedo tubes
493
00:33:10,072 --> 00:33:12,322
that--that could be
electronically reloaded
494
00:33:12,366 --> 00:33:15,117
with these hydraulic
assisted machines,
495
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,452
which meant that you
could fire six torpedoes
496
00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:19,663
faster than you
could fire one torpedo
497
00:33:19,707 --> 00:33:21,331
on the old Type VII U-boat.
498
00:33:21,375 --> 00:33:24,167
So this thing was really
gonna be a game changer
499
00:33:24,211 --> 00:33:25,919
as far as the Germans
were concerned.
500
00:33:28,173 --> 00:33:29,756
Quinto: What other secrets
501
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,592
could these U-boats
potentially be hiding?
502
00:33:32,636 --> 00:33:35,887
The Allies never
got the chance to find out,
503
00:33:35,931 --> 00:33:37,639
because the Nazis were defeated
504
00:33:37,683 --> 00:33:40,434
before construction
was finished.
505
00:33:40,477 --> 00:33:45,188
There were 118 of these
Type XXI U-boats commissioned.
506
00:33:45,232 --> 00:33:49,484
3523 was one of the four
that became operational.
507
00:33:49,528 --> 00:33:53,363
Quinto: And, of those four,
only two were deployed.
508
00:33:53,407 --> 00:33:57,325
The one we're
searching for today, U-3523,
509
00:33:57,369 --> 00:34:01,413
launched just one day before
Germany officially surrendered,
510
00:34:01,457 --> 00:34:05,876
as the Nazis were attempting
one final effort to win the war.
511
00:34:09,923 --> 00:34:12,424
Admiral Dönitz,
who replaced Adolf Hitler
512
00:34:12,468 --> 00:34:15,260
as German Führer
in the last days of the war,
513
00:34:15,304 --> 00:34:16,928
was ordering
all the U-boats to assemble
514
00:34:16,972 --> 00:34:18,972
for a last stand in Norway.
515
00:34:19,016 --> 00:34:21,433
They had
350,000 troops up there.
516
00:34:21,477 --> 00:34:24,019
They had a lot
of naval assets congregated
517
00:34:24,063 --> 00:34:27,564
in the ports like Bergen
and Trondheim in Norway.
518
00:34:27,608 --> 00:34:32,652
Quinto: But U-3523
never made it to Norway.
519
00:34:32,696 --> 00:34:35,072
So where exactly did it end up?
520
00:34:39,703 --> 00:34:41,620
Geoffrey's team
believes the U-boat
521
00:34:41,663 --> 00:34:45,665
was hit by an Allied bomb
and sunk here,
522
00:34:45,709 --> 00:34:48,794
10 miles off the coast
of Skagen, Denmark,
523
00:34:48,837 --> 00:34:52,714
a place where the ocean floor
is nearly 400 feet down.
524
00:34:55,719 --> 00:35:00,013
We're gonna use this R.O.V.,
remote operated vehicle,
525
00:35:00,057 --> 00:35:03,016
to dive beneath the waves
and look for it.
526
00:35:03,060 --> 00:35:06,019
We have the sonar here,
so when we reach the seafloor,
527
00:35:06,063 --> 00:35:08,021
we can use that
to locate the wreckage,
528
00:35:08,065 --> 00:35:09,731
and we got
three different cameras,
529
00:35:09,775 --> 00:35:11,483
and we've got four lights.
530
00:35:11,527 --> 00:35:13,777
So we basically have, uh, eyes
531
00:35:13,821 --> 00:35:16,071
and illumination on the seabed,
so we're gonna be able
532
00:35:16,115 --> 00:35:17,614
- to see everything...
- Yep.
533
00:35:17,658 --> 00:35:19,449
hopefully, so let's
get this thing in the water
534
00:35:19,493 --> 00:35:20,742
Let's do it.
535
00:35:26,083 --> 00:35:29,042
Quinto: The R.O.V.
has a 1,000-foot tether
536
00:35:29,086 --> 00:35:31,962
and approximately
two hours of battery life.
537
00:35:39,304 --> 00:35:41,805
It definitely has a needle
in the haystack feel about it,
538
00:35:41,849 --> 00:35:44,099
what we're doing. I mean,
'cause we're way out here
539
00:35:44,143 --> 00:35:47,686
in the middle of the ocean,
and it's 400 feet down.
540
00:35:50,524 --> 00:35:53,191
So we got
our work cut out for us.
541
00:35:53,235 --> 00:35:55,735
Quinto: If they
could locate the wreckage,
542
00:35:55,779 --> 00:35:59,322
the team could pull off
the first-ever televised look
543
00:35:59,366 --> 00:36:03,160
at what might be the Nazis'
deadliest secret of all.
544
00:36:12,087 --> 00:36:14,421
Quinto: Is it possible
that the Nazis
545
00:36:14,464 --> 00:36:15,922
possessed a secret weapon
546
00:36:15,966 --> 00:36:19,384
that could have changed
the outcome of World War II?
547
00:36:19,428 --> 00:36:24,097
Military historian
Dr. Geoffrey Wawro thinks it is.
548
00:36:26,268 --> 00:36:28,977
Today he's out
with an underwater search team
549
00:36:29,021 --> 00:36:32,355
in the North Sea, which could be
the final resting place
550
00:36:32,399 --> 00:36:36,735
of an advanced
Nazi submarine called U-3523.
551
00:36:38,697 --> 00:36:40,780
What we're doing today
is gonna show us
552
00:36:40,824 --> 00:36:43,909
one of the only surviving
examples of this U-boat.
553
00:36:43,952 --> 00:36:47,120
It's gonna show us, maybe,
why this thing was leaving.
554
00:36:47,164 --> 00:36:49,623
Was it actually
heading out into the Atlantic
555
00:36:49,666 --> 00:36:52,876
to try to escape with
high-ranking German officials?
556
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:56,087
Or was it trying to get
up to the German submarine pens
557
00:36:56,131 --> 00:36:57,339
in--on the coast of Norway?
558
00:36:59,968 --> 00:37:01,551
Quinto: To find the U-boat,
559
00:37:01,595 --> 00:37:04,888
Geoffrey's team has sent in
a remotely operated drone
560
00:37:04,932 --> 00:37:08,850
to scan the seafloor
400 feet down.
561
00:37:08,894 --> 00:37:10,852
Okay, here we got the sonar,
562
00:37:10,896 --> 00:37:13,313
and then we're looking
for the--the wreckage.
563
00:37:13,357 --> 00:37:15,148
It looks like we have
a good mark here,
564
00:37:15,192 --> 00:37:16,775
and, uh, we're
gonna drive over.
565
00:37:24,159 --> 00:37:26,201
So I see, like,
some hard object
566
00:37:26,245 --> 00:37:27,869
- that the sonar's picking up.
- Yep.
567
00:37:27,913 --> 00:37:29,621
And then that's
the camera that,
568
00:37:29,665 --> 00:37:31,706
whenever we get close enough,
we can get a good look at it?
569
00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:33,333
Yep. Yep.
570
00:37:33,377 --> 00:37:35,001
Wow, that's very interesting.
571
00:37:35,045 --> 00:37:38,964
G.P.S. and our charts tell us
this is where it ought to be,
572
00:37:39,007 --> 00:37:42,217
but what if it's
not where we think it is?
573
00:37:52,104 --> 00:37:53,853
So we're looking at the monitor,
574
00:37:53,897 --> 00:37:57,148
and it's just dark, and we're
not really seeing anything.
575
00:37:58,944 --> 00:38:01,027
We're down pretty deep.
576
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:03,738
Getting closer.
I can feel it.
577
00:38:03,782 --> 00:38:08,285
W-We're straining
for some sight of U-3523
578
00:38:08,328 --> 00:38:10,829
and hoping against hope
that it--that it's there.
579
00:38:11,915 --> 00:38:13,164
Feel like I see some--
580
00:38:13,208 --> 00:38:14,374
- Coming in here now.
- There's some--
581
00:38:14,418 --> 00:38:15,834
I see something right here.
Look at that.
582
00:38:18,588 --> 00:38:19,963
- There it is.
- That's it. That's it.
583
00:38:20,007 --> 00:38:21,214
- That's the tail.
- There it is.
584
00:38:29,349 --> 00:38:33,018
She's been down here
for, what, 74 years,
585
00:38:33,061 --> 00:38:34,644
and we just found her.
586
00:38:34,688 --> 00:38:38,356
So here it is, a--you know,
a top-secret Nazi technology
587
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,693
that was designed
to win the war.
588
00:38:41,737 --> 00:38:43,403
And people were desperate
589
00:38:43,447 --> 00:38:45,613
to get hold
of a prototype of this thing,
590
00:38:45,657 --> 00:38:49,034
and here we are looking at one
on the seafloor here.
591
00:38:49,077 --> 00:38:52,329
We've got 70-odd years
of marine life
592
00:38:52,372 --> 00:38:54,748
growing on this thing,
so it's pretty obscured,
593
00:38:54,791 --> 00:38:56,416
but that's really cool.
594
00:38:59,254 --> 00:39:01,504
Quinto: At this level
of depth and decay,
595
00:39:01,548 --> 00:39:04,549
it's hard to make out
the details of the U-boat,
596
00:39:04,593 --> 00:39:07,344
but one thing is clear.
597
00:39:07,387 --> 00:39:10,013
After it was bombed,
it went down fast,
598
00:39:10,057 --> 00:39:13,224
and it went down headfirst.
599
00:39:13,268 --> 00:39:19,105
You see that it's driven into
the seabed at a 45-degree angle,
600
00:39:19,149 --> 00:39:21,941
so it just dove a-as deep
as the ocean was at that point,
601
00:39:21,985 --> 00:39:25,111
400 feet, and then it
just hit the seafloor
602
00:39:25,155 --> 00:39:26,905
and it went in like a lawn dart.
603
00:39:28,742 --> 00:39:31,284
Quinto: From the portion
sticking up from the sand,
604
00:39:31,328 --> 00:39:34,079
we can calculate that U-3523
605
00:39:34,122 --> 00:39:39,376
was approximately
250 feet long and 26 feet wide.
606
00:39:39,419 --> 00:39:43,755
It appears to have two
turbo-charged diesel engines,
607
00:39:43,799 --> 00:39:46,591
allowing it to travel
nearly twice as fast
608
00:39:46,635 --> 00:39:49,135
as any other sub of its time.
609
00:39:52,057 --> 00:39:54,015
And, really, think about
how this was gonna be
610
00:39:54,059 --> 00:39:56,768
the backbone
of a revived German navy.
611
00:39:56,812 --> 00:39:59,938
They were gonna build
1,200 to 2,000 of these.
612
00:39:59,981 --> 00:40:03,316
Quinto: A fleet
of that size could have
613
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,653
completely blocked off
the Allied naval forces.
614
00:40:06,696 --> 00:40:08,613
This is just such an advance
615
00:40:08,657 --> 00:40:10,824
on the previous
German submarines,
616
00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:13,493
and, in one year,
they made this technology leap?
617
00:40:13,537 --> 00:40:16,538
It looks like, you know,
a-a nuclear submarine
618
00:40:16,581 --> 00:40:19,582
from, you know,
the 1950s or 1960s.
619
00:40:19,626 --> 00:40:23,044
Quinto: Unfortunately
the sub's weapons systems
620
00:40:23,088 --> 00:40:25,672
are completely buried
at the front of the vessel,
621
00:40:25,715 --> 00:40:30,218
and the exterior hatches
all appear to be closed.
622
00:40:30,262 --> 00:40:32,679
Now that it's been discovered,
623
00:40:32,722 --> 00:40:37,892
U-3523 is officially classified
as a war grave,
624
00:40:37,936 --> 00:40:41,604
meaning its interior
cannot be disturbed.
625
00:40:41,648 --> 00:40:46,234
Whatever secrets this U-boat is
hiding won't be revealed today.
626
00:40:51,491 --> 00:40:54,284
I'm just personally
thrilled to have been
627
00:40:54,327 --> 00:41:00,123
a part of this expedition,
to find this sunken U-boat,
628
00:41:00,167 --> 00:41:03,376
and to get such a close
and intimate look at it.
629
00:41:03,420 --> 00:41:08,339
And to begin solving
this mystery of U-3523,
630
00:41:08,383 --> 00:41:10,758
to me,
that was just a real thrill.
631
00:41:10,802 --> 00:41:12,135
thrill of a lifetime.
632
00:41:16,683 --> 00:41:20,226
With the discovery of U-3523,
633
00:41:20,270 --> 00:41:23,438
the mystery of one of the Nazi''
most powerful weapons
634
00:41:23,482 --> 00:41:25,690
can finally be put to rest.
635
00:41:25,734 --> 00:41:28,401
But when it comes
to Nazi secrets,
636
00:41:28,445 --> 00:41:30,195
there are still
important answers
637
00:41:30,238 --> 00:41:32,071
that need to be uncovered.
638
00:41:32,115 --> 00:41:35,450
Somewhere out there
are billions of dollars
639
00:41:35,494 --> 00:41:37,827
in lost gold and currency.
640
00:41:37,871 --> 00:41:40,580
Still missing
are hundreds of thousands
641
00:41:40,624 --> 00:41:42,707
of artistic masterworks.
642
00:41:42,751 --> 00:41:44,751
All of these items
were treasured
643
00:41:44,794 --> 00:41:47,921
long before they fell
into the hands of the Nazis.
644
00:41:47,964 --> 00:41:52,509
It's crucial that our society
remains vigilant,
645
00:41:52,552 --> 00:41:56,095
because the truth is
there won't be justice
646
00:41:56,139 --> 00:41:59,474
until the Nazis have
no more secrets remaining.
647
00:42:01,603 --> 00:42:04,437
The search continues.
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