Pole claims new underground finds in wake of 'Nazi gold train' buzz
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
12.09.2015 13:22
A Polish man has claimed to have found two tunnels and an extensive underground complex created by the Nazi German regime during World War II, in territory that now lies in south west Poland.
Alleged finder Krzysztof Szpakowski (L) with local authorities at a press conference in Wałbrzych. Photo: PAP/Maciej Kulczyński
A press conference has been held in Wałbrzych, Lower Silesia, where local authorities and the supposed finder himself, Krzysztof Szpakowski, confirmed that documents had been filed regarding the supposed subterranean sites.
The sites are in the same district where two other claimants believe they have located a treasure-laden armoured Nazi train that was supposedly hidden 70 years ago.
In 1943, the Nazi regime launched Project Riese in Lower Silesia, constructing a large network of underground chambers.
Szpakowski, who is the chairman of Poland's Riese Association, says that his discoveries are based on years of research.
He said that besides weapons and technical equipment, there may be air-raid shelters.
Wałbrzych and its environs (previously Waldenburg), lay on German territory prior to and during World War II.
Poland's borders were shifted west following the war, as finalised at the Potsdam Conference of June to August 1945. (nh/rk)