There are various myths and legends filled with
mystery that has spread across throughout Germany.
It took hundred millions of deaths and a world war to eradicate Nazism,
but this terrible and strange movement left many mysteries behind.
Some mysterious things were done by Nazis; others involved greed or twisted
belief for artwork and items of great historical and spiritual significance.
Some of these weird stories and mysteries are given below
which have still not been fully solved or explained.
What happened to the Amber Room?
Amber room was one of the halls of Soviet
Union’s Catherine Palace near St. Petersburg.
It was elaborately designed with gold leaf, amber
panels, and mirrors as a gift to The Peter the Great.
During the Nazi invasion, Germans looted and took it to Konigsberg where
it was hidden in advance due to the anticipated 1945 Soviet advance.
Even after the war, it could not be found anywhere.
It is assumed that it got destroyed due to shelling in war.
Where did Heinrich Müller disappear?
Heinrich Müller was a Sr. official in Nazi Gestapo who was
responsible for coordination of Holocaust and political prosecution.
He supervised the interrogations and arrests
of suspects for plotting to kill Hitler.
He was last seen in Bunker on 1st May 1945 and was never located.
He is the most senior Nazi official to remain officially “missing.”
The Horrors of Spear of destiny
Spear of Destiny is a holy relic and was supposedly used by
Roman centurion to stab Christ while he was being crucified.
It was possessed by renowned figures after that and was
believed to give the power to rule the world to its owner.
Hitler saw the spear first as an art student and later is rumored to be so obsessed
with it that he sent the actual one to a secret location before committing suicide.
Where did Hitler's Suicide Pistol go?
On april 30, Hitler used a Walther pistol with 7.65 calibers to
shoot himself while biting down a cyanide capsule at the same time.
After his death, several members entered the room, and
Arthur Axmann claimed to hide the weapon in Berlin park.
But later on, he couldn’t find it.
It was never located.
The Holocaust collection
Cornelius Gurlitt belonged to the line of renowned German art historians.
Officials stopped him on a train where suspicion aroused.
Later on, his apartment was searched and a very large
collection of treasured art was confiscated from there.
It was, later on, found that these belonged to the victims of Nazis.
Actual ownership of many of them is still in progress.
Is the Nazi "Ghost Train" in Poland?
After World War II, it’s believed that the looted booty of artwork,
jewelry and valuables was carried in a train through secret tunnels.
It’s rumored that somewhere along the tunnel, train disappeared.
In 2015 two treasure hunters claimed to have seen the train and its
gold, but researchers said that there was no evidence train is there.
German elves
One of the mysterious creatures that have been a part of German culture is an elf.
This creature has been originated from German folklores and is associated
with beautiful and wide nature with clear rivers and thick forests.
It has influenced the German literature, for example, Goethe was described
as the king of elves and was inspired by the German legend of Erlkonig.
Nobody knows whether they really existed.