Poland radar image 'almost certainly Nazi train'

Aug. 31, 2015

Q: A Nazi train filled with gold, gems and guns reportedly went missing 70 years ago near Walbrzych, Poland. Now, a Polish official says ground-penetrating radar images have left him "99% convinced" that a World War II German military train is buried in a closed tunnel near the city. Where is Poland?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: Earlier this month, a Pole and a German told authorities in Walbrzych that they knew the location of the armored train. Germany is located . . .

A. North of Poland

B. East of Poland

C. South of Poland

D. West of Poland

Q: Officials did not reveal the exact location of the find but said they hoped to find looted art on the train. At the start of World War II, Poland was invaded and partitioned by Germany and what other nation?

A. Austria

B. Belarus

C. Soviet Union

D. Ukraine

Q: The World Jewish Congress said much of the plunder on the train “may have been stolen from Jews before they were sent to death.” In 1943, Jews in Poland's capital revolted against Nazi troops trying to send them to the death camps. What is Poland's capital?

A. Warsaw

B. Treblinka

C. Chelmno

D. Auschwitz

Q: Of the nearly 6 million Poles killed by German occupiers in World War II, how many were Jews?

A. Nearly all

B. About half

C. Nearly two thirds

D. Less than a third

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