Local lore has it that the train was taking the treasure -- most of it gold jewelry and fixtures seized from Eastern European Jews and melted into ingots -- to German territory farther west to prevent its falling into the hands of the Soviet troops who would overrun the area within weeks.
Double-hatting . This is a relatively new piece of Eurospeak used to describe a person or institution which performs two roles. The EUâs recently created army units will, for example, serve both NATO and the Union under a double command structure.
Double Dutch. 1. a form of the game of jump rope in which two persons, holding the respective ends of two long jump ropes, swing them in a synchronized fashion, usually directed inward so the ropes are going in opposite directions, for one or two others to jump over. He says the document is in Hebrew, and he has translated it into double Dutch.