EXCLUSIVE: Hidden railway discovered in Nazi bunker ‘could lead to long-lost Gold Train Amber Room’ that was looted by Hitler’s men
- The Amber Room was ransacked by the Nazis during World War II
- It was built for the Russian Tsar Peter the Great in the 18th century and was packed with amber
History buffs say they may have stumbled upon the hiding place of the long-lost Amber Room after uncovering hidden railroad tracks and wagon wheels in a former Nazi bunker.
The Jaćwież Historical and Exploratory Association came across the surprising discovery while digging at the Mamerki bunker complex in northern Poland.
The tracks of the narrow-gauge railway were exposed five feet below the surface in an area of flat open ground that had recently been cleared of trees.
The complex was the headquarters of Hitler’s High Command of the German Army and was just a few miles from Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair bunker.
While it is known that a railway line ran from Mamerki to the Wolf’s Lair, there are no records or documents that a railway line existed within the complex itself.
The hidden railway track and wagon wheels were discovered while digging in the Mamerki bunker complex in northern Poland
A visualization of what the train tracks may have looked like as it ran from Mamerki to the Wolfshol
The Amber Room (pictured in the Catherin Palace in 1917) was a gift to Russian Tsar Peter the Great from the King of Prussia in 1716
The Jaćwież Historical and Exploratory Association stumbled upon the surprising discovery while digging at the Mamerki bunker complex in northern Poland
Bartlomiej Plebańczyk of the Mamerki Museum posted a photo on social media and said: ‘This is a huge surprise because we didn’t know there was a railway in the complex.
“Could it be the gold train with the amber room? We’ll find out soon enough…’.
He added, “We don’t know why this song was made here.
‘What did the Germans transport in the wagons and why did anyone bother to cover it with five feet of earth.
Built for the Russian Tsar Peter the Great in the 18th century and filled with amber, gold and precious jewels, the room was ransacked by the Nazis in 1941.
Upon their arrival at Catherine the Great’s White Palace near St. Petersburg, they dismantled the room and put its precious contents on a train to Koenigsberg Castle, in what was then East Prussia, now just two hours away of the bunker.
In January 1945, it mysteriously disappeared after air raids and a savage ground attack on the city.
While some claimed it was destroyed by bombs, others suggested the Nazis took it to safety.
The Mamerki Bunker was the headquarters of Hitler’s High Command of the German Army and was just a few miles from Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair Bunker
A reconstruction of the Amber Room opened in 2003 at the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, outside Saint Petersburg, Russia
Peter the Great of Russia received the Amber Room panels in the 18th century to commemorate a treaty between his country and Prussia
Some alleged witnesses reported seeing 40 wagons drive away from the castle under a cloak of secrecy after the city fell to the Red Army.
The search has continued ever since.
In May last year, the Mamerki Museum once again raised hopes that the Amber Room could be hidden on its property after the discovery of a network of secret tunnels.
But excavations revealed that they were empty.