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Pts. I & II- in 1945, during the final months of World War II, Nazi officers sank a number of wooden boxes in Lake Toplitz in the Austrian Alps. The contents of the boxes remained a mystery until this summer when 60 MINUTES II began an intensive search using an ROV (remotely operated vehicle) su...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pelley, Scott, 1957- (Interviewer), Owens, Bill (Television producer) (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2002.
Subjects:
National socialism > Germany > Archives.
Security classification (Government documents) > Germany.
Toplitzsee (Austria) > Discovery and exploration.
World War, 1939-1945.
Classification de sécurité (Documents gouvernementaux) > Allemagne.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945.
Television news programs.
Téléjournaux.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Pts. I & II- in 1945, during the final months of World War II, Nazi officers sank a number of wooden boxes in Lake Toplitz in the Austrian Alps. The contents of the boxes remained a mystery until this summer when 60 MINUTES II began an intensive search using an ROV (remotely operated vehicle) submarine to scan the bottom of the lake. The boxes were found to contain a cache of counterfeit currency, mostly British pounds, printed under duress by concentration camp prisoners. Hitler's ill-conceived plan was to undermine the Allied currencies and finance the German war effort.
Physical Description:1 online resource (14 minutes)
Playing Time:00:13:41