Expeditions - Explorers

Jul. 25, 1959 - The secret of the treasure of the Toplitz lake in the Salzkammergut (Austrian lake district) was found out after 14 years. Grace to an underwater television camera investigators of a Hamburg illustrated paper discovered 13 chests 100 meters beyond the surface. English and American secret service had looked for these chests without success until today. The content millions of English pound notes of Hitler's coiner's den at the concentration camp Sachsenhausen. Private examinations which spread all over the world for years discovered the means which ought to be of great importance during the war. Additional to the chests of money there were found underwater rockets of the navy Station Toplitz lake, which are probably forerunners of the American Polaris rockets. The telautomatic underwater televistion camera was served from the cabin of a float. Members of the crew controlled the search on a television set. Photo shows (from left to right) engineer Wilhelm Gluck (Wilhem Gluck) diploma engineer Helmut Hunger (Helmut Hunger) and the leader of the examinations Wolfgang Lohde (Wolfgang Lohde)

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Additional Chests Controlled Diploma Discovered Examinations Float Forerunners Gluck Helmut Hunger Importance Investigators Lohde Looked Means Meters Millions Ought Polaris Pound Rockets Sachsenhausen Salzkammergut Spread

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