A giant hole in a wall of the bank vault of a Sparkasse bank branch on Dec 29, 2025, after unknown perpetrator(s) broke in during the Christmas holidays.

‘Ocean’s Eleven’-Style Heist: Robbers Drill into German Bank Vault Over Christmas, Steal €30 Million in Cash, Gold and Jewellery

Robbers armed with heavy drilling equipment carried out one of Germany’s most audacious bank heists in recent years, breaking into a vault at a savings bank in the western city of Gelsenkirchen during the extended Christmas holiday and escaping with...