Dutch authorities using the map and the soldier’s account went hunting for the loot in 1947. The first time, the ground was frozen solid and they made no headway.

The public release of a map from the 1940s has drawn fortune seekers with shovels and metal detectors to a small Dutch village. Not everyone is excited. By Claire Moses Claire Moses, who grew up ...

Today’s water challenges call for cooperation and the exchange of knowledge and expertise. The Dutch water sector invites you ...

A hand-drawn map with a red letter X purportedly showing the location of a buried stash of precious jewelry looted by Nazis from a blown-up bank vault has sparked a modern-day treasure hunt in a ti… ...

OMMEREN, Netherlands — A hand-drawn map with a red letter X purportedly showing the location of a buried stash of precious jewelry looted by Nazis from a blown-up bank vault has sparked a modern-day ...

The treasure hunt began this year when the Dutch National Archive published thousands of documents for historians to pore over, including the hand-drawn map.