Show I Pillaged Wealth Tf i I Of Of Nazis Piled Up I No Accurate Estimate Can Be Made of 0 Total Value FRANKFURT GERMANY The The pillaged wealth of occupied Nazi-occupied Europe taken from the teeth of murdered Jews and the coffers of seized governments alike was piled high today in the Bank of Frankfurt In addition to gold and silver there were hogsheads of pearls rubies and sapphires 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 mak mak- making making making ing an inventory of the Nazi loot dot l dotAn ot otAn An accurate estimate of the total value can never be made said Col Bernard Bernstein director of the Finance Division of the U. U S. S Group Control Council He said the collection included 53 separate deposits s hidden by the Nazis and unearthed by U U. S. S S troops during the final days of the war These included the gold bullion dis dis- discovered discovered covered by the U. U S. S Third army in inthe inthe the Merkers salt mines and special hidden hoards of Heinrich Himm- Himm Himmler's lers ler's SS organization which were buried under chicken coops on a aGerman aGerman I German farm I In one cache thousands of wedding rings stripped from the fingers of i women victims of the Nazis in Ger Ger- Germany GerI Germany Germany I many Greece Poland and other oc oc- occupied occupied oc- oc occupied countries were strung on ropes like country sausages We have found barrels of silver and gold wrist watches cigarette cases wedding rings bracelets and jewelry of every description Cole Cole- Colene p ne' added T IT 5 was taken from zi concentration c n camp victims The bullion was stacked like cord- cord cordwood cordwood cordwood I wood and one large room held noth noth- nothing nothing ing but securities from almost every country in the world The loot in includes in- in includes includes millions of Russian rubles and in U. U S. S S gold coins I |