For decades, our family whispered about a buried treasure family story hidden in a small German town during WWII. I finally returned to Berlitt to explore the legend firsthand — and the story is even stranger than we imagined. Watch the video to see the full legend come alive.
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Video: Tammy Rose explains the full buried treasure family story and legend from WWII Germany
73 years later, I’m finishing a buried treasure family journey.
Growing up, my dad told me about an incredible buried treasure family journey — how my great-grandfather, Richard Pein, hid gold coins beneath his pig barn in Germany as WWII drew to a close. Now, 73 years later, I finally traveled to the house to see the legendary treasure site for myself.
Video of Tammy Rose traveling to Germany and her dad discussing the buried treasure family journey
Returning to My Ancestors’ Home in Germany
This trip wasn’t just about a legend — it was about connecting with my family’s history. Standing in the home where my ancestors once lived, and walking the ground they once walked, made the story feel real in a way I never imagined.
Discovering the Story Behind the Treasure
Visiting the house and speaking with the current homeowners gave me insight into my great-grandfather’s life and the community that witnessed the legend unfold. Each room, each piece of furniture, carried decades of memory and history — it was like stepping back in time.
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I had just finished my intense 16-week training at Quantico, Virginia and was given my first assignment as an official FBI agent. Oddly it would be the very town I grew up in, an assignment rarely given to a new agent. In fact, your hometown was the one place you could guarantee not going to, for fear of not blending in if needed to be on an undercover assignment. It was shortly after graduating from Plymouth High School when I realized what I wanted to do with my life, protect people. I had lost the one thing dear to me, my best friend Michele Saunders to a serial killer our senior year. I had thought the murders were all behind me, neatly tucked away in the past. However, a recent “accident” at Plymouth High School seemed all too real and the feds thought we may have another killer on our hands. What didn’t make sense to me was the fact that the feds thought it might be related to earlier killings in the late 1980’s. The murders were of young high school kids, made to look like accidents. But that killer was dead, I thought. I killed him. Or Didn’t I?
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