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Nazi gold train hunters make breakthrough as they uncover letter ‘revealing location of Hitler's treasure haul'

The letter is said to include geodetic data, a tunnel layout and even a witness account TRAIN OF GOLD Nazi gold train hunters make breakthrough as they uncover letter 'revealing location of Hitler's treasure haul' HOPE has been reignited in the hunt for the legendary Nazi gold train, believed to be laden with treasures from the Amber Room and to have vanished in the final months of WWII. A detailed letter has been sent to Polish authorities claiming to finally reveal the alleged train's long-lost location. Advertisement 3 An anonymous tipster claims to have uncovered the location of the legendary Nazi gold train (pictured: investigations in Walbrzych, Poland in 2015) Credit: JANEK SKARZYNSKI 3 The train is rumoured to hold up to £20 billion worth of Nazi treasure - with the Amber Room of the Czars (pictured in 1917) believed to be the most valuable item Credit: Public Domain 3 Poland's deputy culture minister said in 2015 that he was 99 percent sure of the existence of the alleged Nazi train Credit: City of Osówka A man, who asked to remain anonymous, sent a detailed letter dated April 23 to Polish authorities. The tipper claims they have uncovered train wagons hidden in a tunnel near Wałbrzych, in southwestern Poland. The letter wrote: "Three railway wagons from the period of World War II, are hidden in a camouflaged tunnel. "Each wagon is approximately 12 metres long, four metres wide and four metres high. Advertisement Read more on WW2 HITLER FILES Argentina finds 80 BOXES of hidden Nazi files and vows to release secrets "The wagons are hidden behind a closed, sliding steel gate at the entrance to the tunnel." It added: "The wagons contain valuable precious metals, including gold. "Precise geodetic data will be made available to the mayor of Wałbrzych or his deputy in the form of attachments." City spokesperson Kamila Świerczyńska said: "A certain man, whose details I cannot disclose, made a procedural report of the discovery, referred to by the press as the gold train. Advertisement "The letter looks factual and specific. The letter indicates four attachments, such as a tunnel with a train inside." She added that the letter included a "table with geodetic data, terrain profile, including the tunnel layout, a map with track simulation and tunnel course, and account of a witness who lived in Wałbrzych during the war." Mystery of Nazi shipwreck that may hold £100million of Hitler's GOLD & the legendary 'Amber Room' treasure Anna Nowakowska, head of the Wałbrzych branch of the Provincial Office for the Protection of Monuments, said: "After analysing various sources and documents, the man came to the conclusion that he had located a tunnel with the so-called golden train inside." The legend dates back to the final months of WWII, when an armoured Nazi train is believed to have departed from the city of Wroclaw - then Breslau and part of Germany - loaded with looted treasures. Advertisement But the train never reached its reported destination of Wałbrzych. It was rumoured to have vanished into a secret underground tunnels built by the Nazis in the Owl Mountains region. This fresh tip, filled with technical data, maps and even a witness statement, has reignited hope. Local authorities say the anonymous man behind the claim has not yet applied for a permit to conduct an official search. Advertisement Officials are currently considering whether to launch an investigation. It comes as the alleged train was brought back into the spotlight in 2015 after two amateur treasure hunters, Piotr Koper and Andreas Richter, claimed they had found it using ground-penetrating radar. Nothing came of these investigations. Meanwhile, in 2023, the Jaćwież Historical and Exploratory Association discovered a hidden railway and a pair of train wheels near the Mamerki bunker in northwestern Poland. Advertisement The tracks were discovered five feet below the surface in the Warmia and Mazury province, which was the headquarters of Hitler's German Army Supreme Command, just a few miles from Hitler's Wolf's Lair bunker complex. The discovery of the hidden railway near the Mamerki bunker complex in Poland could be loosely connected to the famous gold train legend.