Old Nazi Map Sparks Treasure Hunt in the Netherlands

Old Nazi Map Sparks Treasure Hunt in the Netherlands
A a street in the Dutch village of Ommeren, Netherlands, on Jan. 6, 2023. Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters
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OMMEREN, the Netherlands—An old map believed to mark the spot where German soldiers hid treasure worth millions of euros during World War II sparked the imagination of amateur treasure hunters in the Netherland.

Armed with metal detectors and shovels, groups wandered through the fields surrounding rural Ommeren in the east of the country after the map was made public by the Dutch National Archive on Jan. 3.