EP01: HITLER'S HOLY TREASURE
1945: the Allies occupy Germany. The world order is undergoing a reshuffling in the aftermath of the war. It is in this context that an American soldier and specialist of medieval sacred art is tasked with a very dangerous mission: he is given three weeks, until the Nuremberg trials, to solve a mystery in order to contribute to the end of the Third Reich and at the same time to return the relics of the Holy Roman Empire.
Director: Isabelle GENDRE Broadcasters: Toute l'Histoire, RTBF, Viasat, RMC Découverte, Ceska TV
EP02: THE ODYSSEY OF PRIAM'S GOLD
From the plains of the Troade, to the cellars of a Nazi bunker, to the dark basements of Moscow's largest museum. With Homer and in the footsteps of the extremely wealthy businessman Heinrich Schliemann, we follow the true odyssey of the Treasure of Priam which spans over more than 3 millennia.
Directors: Vivien Floris, Gokce Ozer Broadcasters: Toute l'Histoire, RMC Découverte, RSI
EP03: THE LYDIAN HOARD
This is the story of the treasure of a king, the richest King in classical antiquity, King Croesus. Croesus's legendary golden hoard, his "cursed" fortune, was lost to time. In 1966, it was discovered in Turkey and sold, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. After a lengthy legal battle, it was returned back to its home Turkey, where it was stolen again. Against all odds, it was returned in 2013. It appears that the curse of Croesus's gold still plagues the Lydian hoard...
Directors: Vivien Floris, Gokce Ozer
EP04: NAPOLEON'S WAR TREASURE
While leaving Paris in 1940, Hitler gives the order to plunder the Invalides: Napoleon's war trophies needs to be transferred to Berlin in order to adorn the grandiose museum that Hitler will build in his new Germania. But what happened to Napoleon's War Treasure?
Director: Isabelle Gendre
EP05: STOLEN MUSIC: THE SECRET TREASURE OF THE NAZIS
In 1940, in St-Leu-la-Forêt near Paris, the famous international harpsichordist Wanda Landoswska was completely robbed of her possessions by a Nazi commando instructed to steal priceless musical scores and instruments from Europe. One of the boxes contained the piano on which Chopin reportedly composed his famous Preludes. What happened to this piano and all the treasures stolen from all over Europe between 1940 and 1944?
Director: Isabelle Gendre
EP06: THE TREASURE OF SEVSO (NEW)
At the end of the 70's, in a small village in central Hungary, a worker found in a quarry a collection of 15 pieces of gold and silver vases dating from the end of Antiquity on which one can read the name: 'Sevso'. Estimated today at more than 200 million pounds, the treasure will be found in a Sotheby's auction twenty-five years later and will be the subject of a fierce battle between three countries that claim its origin. The Odyssey of a Treasure: The Treasure of Sevso will lead us up the trail of a vast network of illicit trafficking in antiquities.
Directors: Vivien Floris, Gokce Ozer Broadcaster: Toute l'Histoire
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