A twentieth - century treasure chest of books , letters , photo , text file , and a handful of other relics from the Nazi regime hasbeen discoveredin a time capsule in Poland .
The mysterious copper tubewas unearthedon September 6 in the Polish town of Złocieniec , which was known as Falkenburg when it was under German control until 1945 . archaeologist , led by Dr Marcin Peterleitner , discover the ejector seat among the foundation of a water tower on the former website of “ Ordensburg Krössinsee" . This was one of the three training college used to groom the next generation of Nazi military elite group between 1933 and 1945 . The ejection seat is consider to have been sealed since April 22 , 1934 .
Once it was recovered , it take a squad of researchers half an 60 minutes to crack into the copper tube using a small circular saw . The hat of the thermionic tube was soldered close to insure its contents remained sealed over the year .
The first relic remove from the tube was a wax - sealed and mitt - written note celebrating the construction of the Nazi training bivouac . Among the other finds were legion photographs of Adolf Hitler , copy of his record and manifestoMein Kampf , local paper from 1934 , multiple signed envelopes , German history books , silver coins , photographs of the town , and a map of Złocieniec at the good turn of 14th to 15th century .
The researchers are most intrigued by a four - page letter plow to Nazi - party politico Otto Gohdes . However , the table of contents of the letter remain strange for the meantime , since it ’s scrawled in almost illegible handwriting and publish in a Germanic oral communication that is no longer wide understood .
The varsity letter and documents have been taken to Poland ’s National Museum in Szczecin for further enquiry , with the Leslie Townes Hope of eventually lay them on public display .
The capsule has even got its ownFacebook Fan Pagecalled " Mysterious Time Capsule of Ordensburg near Złocieniec ” that features look-alike and unconstipated updates from the researcher as they curate and inventory the determination .
