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On Sunday, August 19, 1962, a group of six men, with help of a bank’s safe-keeper, robbed a local branch of the National Bank of Poland, located in the town of Wołów (southwestern Poland). Altogether, 12,531,000 złotys were stolen,〔 〕 which in late 2000s (decade) prices, would make some 18 million złotys. It was the biggest bank robbery in the history of the People's Republic of Poland,〔 so big, that Polish government for a while considered withdrawing all 50-złoty and 100-złoty bills from the market, which would help find the robbers.〔 〕 == The robbery == The robbery was described with details in a local newspaper ''Głos Pracy'', which dedicated large part of its October 19, 1962, issue to the "job". According to the article, which was written two months after the robbery, on Sunday, August 19, 1962, a group of robbers approached a guard, who was entering the bank to work the night shift. The guard was bound, and left in the cellar, while the robbers entered the main hall, quickly finding the safe. The robbers got into the safe through a hole cut in the wall by a jack-screw.〔 〕 They stole 12,531,000, all in 500-, and 100-złoty notes. The loot was staggering for these times, as back then, the biggest lottery jackpots were up to 1 million złotys.〔 According to Colonel Stanisław Gorniecki of the local police department, the guard spent the whole night in the cellar, and was found on the next day at 4:30 a.m., by a cleaning lady, who upon entering the building noticed that the main door had not been locked. The woman then heard moaning coming from the cellar, and she went down to spot the guard. Soon afterwards the police were informed, and all local roads were closed, and the officers checked all trunks. Criminals and thieves known to the police were investigated, and on the same day (Monday, August 20), a group of police experts came by plane from Warsaw. The investigation was dubbed W-62.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wołów bank robbery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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