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Buried treasure find in Hungary

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  • ExbritExbrit Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for sharing - interesting and sad story

  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 23,896 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There is a good chance that the real story behind that collection will never be known. As long as Admiral Horthy was the leader of Hungary the Jewish population was more or less protected even though Hungary was an ally of Germany. When he was overthrown in early 1944 things changed for the worse very quickly. The fact that no one ever tried to recover that collection after the war would indicate that the owner and anyone else who knew about it didn't survive. Proving ownership may prove difficult. I wonder what laws will apply in Hungary?

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 22, 2019 12:39PM

    Article summary:

    Keszthely (Hungary) (AFP) - A vast and "unique" trove of antique and Roman-era coins, unearthed in what was one of Hungary's wartime Jewish ghettos, is proving a conundrum for historians.

    Thrilled with the chance discovery of the 2,800 gold and silver coins spanning decades and continents, researchers are in the dark however about who collected and then hid them.

    "We hope that it can return to its legal owners one day."

    The finders have requested anonymity, according to the museum, which also declined to reveal the exact location of the house.

    It is unusual that this coin collection was not found by the Germans or Russians.

    One of my neighbors was born in Hungary around 1939; she is Jewish and lived through that period.

    I mentioned this news story to her this morning and she told me that when the Germans arrived in 1944 her neighbors were drilling holes in the building wood and stone to hide gold coins and jewelry.

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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @WillieBoyd2 said:

    It is unusual that this coin collection was not found by the Germans or Russians.

    I wish the original owners had survived and retrieved the coins, but barring that I'm glad the fascist and socialist vermin didn't.

    One of my neighbors was born in Hungary around 1939; she is Jewish and lived through that period.

    Now that is totally cool.

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