Operation Góral

Operation Góral (Polish: Akcja Góral) was an action carried out by the Polish anti-Nazi resistance organization Home Army (Armia Krajowa, or "AK"), which involved a heist of over a million US dollars' worth of currency being transported by Nazi German authorities on 12 August 1943.

That resistance required funds to operate, and the resources of the Polish government in exile, delivered through the cichociemni commando-couriers, were limited.

[2] In 1942 the resistance began planning to acquire money from the occupiers by carrying out large-scale robberies.

[3] The plan was to block the road at a specified location, shoot the German personnel attempting to clear it, and carry away the money.

[1][3] AK carried out similar operations on other occasions, for example on 1 June 1943 in Siedlce, though they obtained less money.

Two surviving members of the Polish resistance group who took part in the heist, at a plaque commemorating this event
German bounty poster offering 5 million zloties for information about the perpetrators, defaced by Polish resistance with a note offering 10 million for information about potential robbery targets.