After the Normandy landing, Hitler's secretary martin bormann realized that the end of the German Third Reich was not far away. On August 1944, 10, at the call of Bowman, the leaders of the German SS and Ordnance Department held a secret meeting in the Red Palace in Strasbourg. The meeting was actually held in the name of Hitler. The main content of the meeting was how to make arrangements for Germany's post-war revival, and the transfer of Nazi wealth was one of the arrangements.
1at the end of March, 945, when the allies approached Berlin, Hitler fought tenaciously and ordered the huge gold reserves and priceless works of art of Nazi Germany to be smuggled out of Berlin. Martin bormann was in charge at that time. It is said that he spent more than nine months designing transshipment routes and so on, and finally decided to separate gold from artworks, one of which was transported to the jungle area of Selingia and the other to southern Bavaria. Once Berlin falls, Nazi Germany can continue to resist with its back against the Alps.
In fact, in addition to Hitler and Nazi officials, many senior Nazi officials fled to the Alps with their private property. At present, the only remaining documents record in detail the property details that Ernst Kaltenbrunner, director of the Central Security Bureau of the Third Reich, transferred to the Alps.
The treasure of Merkes discovered later was hidden in the local mine. It is said that from August 26th, 1942, the German National Bank hid its gold reserves and looted property (including gold, foreign exchange and artworks) in its bank account, and the hiding activity continued until June 27th, 1945.