How The US Stumbled Onto a Nazi Treasure Worth $16 Billion

<p>OnApril 12th, 1945, General George Patton escorted General Omar Bradley and Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower to a nondescript mineshaft in Merkers, Germany. The trio, three of the most powerful men in the world at the time, crammed themselves into a rickety elevator and descended over 1,000 feet into the Earth. At the bottom, a group of military police gawked as the generals strode by into the mine complex. Kaiseroda Mine was a potassium mine that had largely been depleted, leaving numerous tunnels and carved out caverns. It was one of many such mines that dotted the industrial heartland of Germany. But this particular mine was different.</p> <p><a href="https://grantpiperwriting.medium.com/how-the-us-stumbled-onto-a-nazi-treasure-worth-16-billion-2edc6b074e8f"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>