Just noticed this article...
It is thought the coins were likely hidden by a
Jewish owner before being deported, the
head of Keszthely's Balatoni Museum says
https://news.yahoo.com/buried-treasure-poses-holocaust-puzzle-hungary-museum-035212678.htmlKeszthely (
Hungary) (AFP) - A vast and "unique" trove of antique and Roman-era coins, unearthed in what was one of
Hungary's wartime
Jewish ghettos, is proving a conundrum for historians.
Thrilled with the chance discovery of the 2,800 gold and silver coins spanning decades and continents, researchers are in the dark however about who collected and then hid them.
That the coins were buried under a house whose one-time owner, the likely collector, is presumed to have been murdered in the Holocaust deepens the mystery.
According to a Hungarian
Jewish organisation, the
hoard also exposes how gaps remain in what is known about
Hungary's Jews during World War II.
The current owners of the house in the town of Keszthely, 190 kilometres (120 miles) southwest of the capital
Budapest, stumbled across the coins in February during
work on the cellar.
They were likely hidden by a
Jewish owner who was later deported to a Nazi
German death camp in 1944, said Balint Havasi, director of Keszthely's Balatoni Museum where the items are currently exhibited
The museum plans to digitalise the
collection and enlist archivists and historians to scour the Pollak family tree in
search of descendants.
If no owner can be found, the
collection will revert to ownership by the state.
Very sad and should be exhibit in the Holocaust Museum. If any
money is raised by the
collection donated to victims and families
