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A row has broken out between between treasure hunters searching for Nazi gold and historical experts who say they are looking in the wrong place.
Since September last year, a group called the Silesian Bridge Foundation has been digging up the grounds of an 18th century palace in the Polish village of Minkowskie where they believe £200million of Nazi gold and other valuables stolen by Himmler's SS are hidden.
The dig at an old orangery in the palace grounds was sparked after the foundation said the location was revealed in a war diary written by an SS officer at the end of the Second World War.
But now historians (pictured) who the foundation 'invited to verify' the diary, say their analysis is 'not completely positive'
The diary is said to detail the hiding places of treasures intended for the creation of a Fourth Reich to continue the war.
But now historians who the foundation 'invited to verify' the diary, say their analysis is 'not completely positive'.
Posting on Facebook, the historians from a group called the Discoverer Magazine Exploration Group (GEMO) said: 'Our most important finding is that the village of Minkowskie is NOT mentioned in the 'War Diary'.
'This may be hard for the Foundation, because it is the only place their excavation works are being carried out at this moment.'
The dig at an old orangery in the palace grounds was sparked after the foundation said the location was revealed in a war diary (pictured) written by an SS officer at the end of the Second World War
Since September last year, a group called the Silesian Bridge Foundation has been digging up the grounds of an 18th century palace in the Polish village of Minkowskie (pictured) where they believe £200million of Nazi gold gold and other valuables stolen by Himmler's SS are hidden
According to legend, the treasure was stored in police headquarters and packed into crates before being transported under SS guard from Breslau, in what is now the Polish city of Wrocław, towards Hirschberg, today's Jelenia Góra, and the Sudeten mountains.
Soon after, the trail went dead and the gold has never been seen or heard of since.
The treasure dubbed the 'Gold of Breslau' is also thought to include jewellery and valuables from the private collections of wealthy Germans who lived in the region and who handed their possessions to the SS to protect them from being looted by the advancing Red Army.
The historians also analysed a letter that was included with the 'War Diary'. The Foundation claimed the letter was written by a senior SS officer to one of the girls who worked at the palace and who later became his lover.
The diary is said to detail the hiding places of treasures intended for the creation of a Fourth Reich to continue the war. But now historians who the foundation 'invited to verify' the diary, say their analysis is 'not completely positive'
The dig is taking place in the grounds of the 18th-century palace in the village of Minkowskie, Poland
