Myth Hunters S03E05 - The Search for Nazi Gold

The dying days of World War Two. Hitler was in his bunker, unable to accept defeat. But most Nazis knew the game was up. It was time to start hiding evidence of their crimes. A unit of SS officers were instructed to transport boxes to the Salzkammergut lake district in the Austrian Alps. Their destination was one of the most remote and deepest lakes in the region: Lake Toplitz. On May 1st 1945, eyewitnesses still alive today saw SS Officers throwing mystery boxes into the lake. Local rumours grew the boxes were full of stolen gold. But what was actually in the boxes was only discovered decades later.