Gold for the Bold
The year is 1939 and war is looming. The prudent government of the Second Polish Republic had amassed vast gold reserves – nearly 80 tonnes in bars and coins, with a total value of 463.6 million zlotys, or approximately eighty-seven million dollars at the time.
All those measures were driven by a single objective: to ensure that, in the face of the approaching conflict, the state would have dependable safeguards at its disposal. As it turned out, the decision was fully warranted and the story of the evacuation of Poland’s gold could well provide the basis for a thriller.
Even before Germany attacked Poland on 1 September 1939, the government had taken steps to preserve this capital. As early as the summer, part of the gold was transferred to local branches of Bank Polski SA in the eastern part of the country, i.e. Siedlce, Brześć-on-the-Bug, Zamość and Lublin. At the time, it was believed that the threat would only come from Germany.
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