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Hidden treasure

Three years ago in Zell am See, Austria, going through the discarded items of a neighbour who had recently died, a lady found a crucifix. Her neighbour’s family allowed her to keep it. Last month, her friend realised that they may have something special and took it to a museum. And the crucifix turned out to be an 800-year-old treasure that had disappeared after being seized by the Nazis. Made of copper and enamel and plated with gold, the crucifix was part of a Poli sh collection, which the Nazis had brought to Austria. The original owners had hidden the crucifix along with other treasures in the basement of their Warsaw home. Discovered by the Nazis in 1941, the treasures were first housed in the Polish National Museum and later brought to a castle near Zell am See.

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