If instead of moaning and complaining you would put in the words "gold federal reserve bundesbank" at https://duckduckgo.com you'd get a number of links within seconds, among which are the following (on the first page of results).
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As a result, in addition to safeguarding the reserves of over 60 countries, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York continues to hold 1,536 metric tons of German gold -- or nearly half of Berlin's reserves. This enormous hoard of gold is stored in the fifth subfloor of the bank's building on Liberty Street, 25 meters (80 feet) below street level, and 15 meters below sea level. According to the bank's website, the vault rests on the bedrock of Manhattan Island.
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Finally, in 2007, "following numerous enquiries," Bundesbank staff members were allowed to see the facility, but they reportedly only made it to the anteroom of the German reserves.
In fact, auditors from the Bundesbank made a second visit in May 2011. This time one of the nine compartments was also opened, in which the German gold bars are densely stacked. A few were pulled out and weighed. But this part of the report has been blacked out -- out of consideration for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-politicians-demand-to-see-gold-in-us-federal-reserve-a-864068.htmlThe Bundesbank's overall reserves of 3,400 tons are worth about $200 billion at current market rates.
The central bank now plans to bring back to Germany some of the 1,500 tons of gold stored in the vaults of the Federal Reserve in New York, and all of the 450 tons currently stashed with the Bank of France in Paris, according to Handelsblatt.
The central bank declined to comment on the report but on Wednesday will present a new plan to manage the gold reserves of 270,000 gold bars, the world's second-largest stockpile trailing only the U.S. reserves.
... the central bank came under pressure last year when Germany's independent Federal Auditors' Office last year concluded it failed to properly oversee its gold reserves. The auditor suggested the central bank should carry out regular inspections of the gold held abroad to verify its book value or change the reserves' management.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-34227_162-57564116/report-germany-to-recover-gold-reserves-from-n.y-fed/... to allay audit office concerns, the Bundesbank is to make arrangements to repatriate some of Germany's gold reserves and test the gold for purity. The Bundesbank has agreed to ship 150 tons of gold currently stored at the New York Federal Reserve to Germany. Over the next three years 50 tons of gold per year are to exit storage and be returned to Germany reports German daily Bild. The repatriated gold will be melted down entirely to test the overall purity of each consignment before being re-cast into standard gold bars.
German concerns mounted earlier this year after a delegation of German federal politicians requested an inspection of German gold reserves stored at the Banque de France, France's central bank, in Paris. The group were turned away by officials who said there were no visiting facilities at their vaults said Deutsche Welle, in an earlier report.
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