Random Totally Weird Nazi Mysteries That Will Freak You Out (12 items)

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  (#12) Is The Nazi 'Ghost Train' Hidden In A Tunnel in Poland?

  As the Nazis retreated from territory conquered early in World War II, they were always faced with the same quandary: what to do with all of the valuables, artwork, and jewelry taken from the conquered? In Poland, it is rumored that in the final days of the war, local German officials near Breslau (now Wroclaw) stuffed an armored train with such booty and headed toward secret tunnels located in the Owl mountains. Somewhere along the way the train disappeared, rumored to be sealed in a mountain tunnel in an unknown location.

  Locals have hunted the Ghost Train for many years to no avail, but an official claim by two treasure hunters in 2015 rekindled the mystery. Through a lawyer, Piotr Koper and Andreas Richter claimed to have seen the train and its gold and have promised to lead officials of the Polish town of Walbrzych to its location, in return for 10 percent of the spoils.

  In December 2015 researchers from Krakow University of Science and Technology said there was no evidence the train exists at the site, but Koper and Richter remain convinced.
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  (#5) The Mysterious Passing Of Otto Rahn (The Real Indiana Jones)

  Otto Rahn was a writer and researcher who wrote about his conviction that the Holy Grail was secreted away somewhere amidst the ruins of the fortress of Montsegur in the south of France. Rahn incorporated ancient German legends into his works, which came to the attention of Heinrich Himmler – already obsessed with relics and the occult. Himmler personally recruited Rahn into the SS and agreed to sponsor him and his research in hopes that it would lead to the Grail. Unfortunately, Rahn and Himmler were not a good match.

  The writer's open homosexuality was problematic on its own, and his failure to locate the Grail, despite expeditions all over Europe, caused Himmler to become disillusioned. In 1937, following Rahn's involvement in a blatant homosexual encounter and criticism of the regime, he was given a 90-day penal assignment to Dachau. He eventually resigned from the SS, a major faux pas that typically did not go unpunished.

  Otto Rahn's frozen body was found in the Austrian Tyrol in March 1939 and his mysterious passing has officially been ruled to have been by his own hand.
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  (#1) Where Did The Amber Room Go?

   

  The Amber Room was an elaborately designed hall in the Soviet Union's Catherine Palace located near St. Petersburg. A gift to Peter the Great from Germany, this unique ornamentation featured amber panels, gold leaf, and mirrors. The rapid advance of the Nazi invasion of 1941 prevented the Russians from removing the panels to safety. They were quickly taken by the Germans and transported to Konigsberg, East Prussia. Initially, the Amber Room was placed on public display at the Konigsberg Castle, but was hidden in anticipation of the 1945 Soviet advance.

  While this art masterpiece was never located after the war, most experts believed it was obliterated during the intense shelling that destroyed the Konigsberg Castle. Persistent rumors about the current location of the Amber Room have never panned out.

   
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  (#10) Was The SS Uniform Designed By Hugo Boss?

  The good news for those with a few of Hugo's ties in the closet: Boss did not design the striking black couture of Himmler's Death's Head cult. Unfortunately, there's more to the story.  

  The original Hugo Boss opened a clothing factory near Stuttgart in 1924 and supplied the Nazi party from its earliest days with predesigned clothing from templates. Boss supplied similar types of clothing to other organizations, but he also joined the Nazi Party in 1931. Business boomed and Boss advertised his firm as an official supplier of SS Uniforms. Business got even better when Boss received contracts to manufacture military uniforms. During wartime he employed forced labor in deplorable conditions that were ultimately sanctioned in postwar proceedings. Boss died in 1948, but, in 2011, the fashion firm publicly apologized for Boss's Nazi sympathies and ties.
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  (#8) Did Hitler Kill His Niece, Geli Raubal?

  Angela (Geli) Raubal was the daughter of Hitler's half sister, Angela. Hitler first met the 19 year old in 1928 when he employed his half sister at his summer mountain retreat, the Berghof. Nineteen years her elder, Hitler quickly convinced Geli to move into his Munich apartment. There, Hitler controlled her social life, their interaction marked by conflict and dysfunction. Whether their relationship ever became sexual is a controversial contention, but gossip concerning perverted demands by "Uncle Alf" has reverberated throughout history.

  On September 18, 1931, Hitler allegedly stormed out of his apartment after yet another violent argument with his niece. The next morning neighbors discovered Geli, dead, shot through the heart. The first police official on the scene, Heinrich Muller, pocketed a letter Geli had been working on when she died. It was ruled that she had taken her own life, and there was no inquest or autopsy. Muller, however, went on to act as chief of the Gestapo.

   
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  (#9) Martin Bormann: Missing For 53 Years

  Martin Bormann was Hitler's personal party secretary and, following the German leader's perishing by his own hand, was intent on breaking out of the Bunker and escaping from the Russians. In the confusion of the battle raging in the streets of Berlin, Bormann joined a small group of Nazi dignitaries attempting to evade Soviet patrols. One of these men, Artur Axmann, was separated from Bormann and SS doctor Ludwig Stumpfegger and, after encountering Russian soldiers, ran back in the direction of Bormann. Axmann claims to have definitely seen the bodies of both Bormann and Stumpfegger, but no trace of Bormann or his body ever emerged.

  Bormann was convicted in absentia at Nuremberg and received a capital sentence. In 1963, a former postal worker came forward to claim he had helped bury two bodies in 1945, one of which had Stumpfegger's paybook. Nine years later, two skeletons were excavated near the postal worker's alleged burial spot. Their jaws were imbedded with glass, typical of people who have bit down on a cyanide capsule.

  West Germany ultimately declared these to be the remains of Bormann (and Stumpfegger), but skepticism remained until DNA technology allowed for conclusive proof in 1998.

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