What is the truth about the lost treasures of the Third Reich?

This month there has been a frenzy of interest in Nazi loot, after the emergence of a soldier's map allegedly showing where stolen treasures had been hidden by the Germans during the Second World War. 

And a diary allegedly showing where art and valuables including gold had been hidden was said by experts to be a fake earlier this month.

But the real story of the treasures hidden, stolen and destroyed by the Nazis is as shocking and tragic as it is bizarre.

Watch our video guide to find out: