Show pillaged Pil laffe d wealth I 1 of nazis piled up i i no accurate estimate can be made alade of total value j FRANKFURT GERMANY the I 1 pillaged wealth of nazi occupied 1 europe taken from the teeth of murdered jews and the coffers of seized governments alike was piled high today in the bank of frankfurt 4 in addition to gold and silver there were hogsheads hog of pearls rubies and sapphires sapp hires wooden cases held gold and silver fillings from the teeth of concentration camp victims currency experts from the united states treasury and the bank of england were identifying and making an inventory of the nazi loot an accurate estimate of the total value can never be made said col bernard bernstein director of the finance division of the U S group control council he said the collection included 53 separate deposits hidden by the nazis and unearthed by U S troops during the final days of the war these included the gold bullion discovered by the U S third army in the merkers berkers salt mines and special hidden hoards of heinrich himm lers SS organization which were buried under chicken coops on a german farm 11 in one cache thousands of wedding rings stripped from the fingers of women victims of the nazis in germany greece poland and other occupied countries were strung on ropes like country sausages we have found barrels of silver and gold wrist watches watch gs cigarette cases wedding rings bracelets and jewelry of every description colonel bernstein added this was taken from nazi concentration camp victims the bullion was stacked like cordwood and one large room held nothing but securities from almost every country in the world the loot includes millions of russian rubles and in U S gold coins |