As if being murdering SOBs weren’t enough, the Nazis were also thieving rats. During WWII, they stole billons in gold from countries they overran and moved it to Germany. But at the end of the war, only part of it was recovered. Where’s the rest?
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# Stuff You Should Know: Nazi Gold
Josh and Chuck dive deep into the fascinating and disturbing history of Nazi gold—how the Third Reich became history's most prolific thieves, systematically looting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold from occupied countries and Holocaust victims to fund their war machine. Beyond the documented theft and recovery efforts, the guys explore the persistent legends and treasure hunts that continue to this day, from a mysterious sunken ship off Iceland to underground tunnel networks in Polish mountains, examining what we know versus what treasure hunters still desperately hope to find buried somewhere in Europe.
Die Hard
1988
2h 12m
★ 7.8
"They called him a common thief. And he goes, I'm an exceptional thief. Right, Rodney Dainfield. — Josh quotes a famous line from Die Hard where Hans Gruber is called a common thief, then imagines Rodney Dangerfield saying it."
— Josh
The Monuments Men
2014
1h 58m
★ 6.1
"But there is a show called Museum Men that's been on since 2014. But they actually... Is it about sexy docents? — Chuck clarifies that the film is actually called Monuments Men, not Museum Men, after Josh asks about a movie regarding Nazi art recovery."
— Chuck
Three Kings
1999
1h 54m
★ 6.6
"I was thinking that would be a good movie about World War II era Nazi gold hunters, but it's sort of like three kings already did that, but that was a gulf war. — Josh mentions Three Kings as a similar treasure-hunting film set during the Gulf War instead of WWII."
— Josh
Titanic
1997
3h 14m
★ 7.9
"It's like Bill Paxton and Titanic. He needed that reminder from the old lady, like you're all pumped up looking for this jewel. People died here, man. — Chuck references the scene in Titanic where Bill Paxton's character is reminded of the human cost while treasure hunting."
— Chuck
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