in the armed forces, said that Ramensky told him that he had stolen a hoard of Nazi plunder during the Allied march on Rome in 1944, and that this hoard was later kept at the Shepton Mallet military prison in Somerset, and the Royal Navy supply depot at Carfin, Lanarkshire, after the war. He claimed that the hoard contained portraits of Hitler, Eva Braun, Göring, Goebbels and Himmler, and a treasure trove of jewellery and gold. Legacy In 1959, The Ballad of Johnny Ramensky, was written by Norman Buchan, later to become a Labour Party member of parliament, and recorded by singer Enoch Kent, Buchan's brother-in-law. Roddy McMillan, noted Scottish actor, wrote Ramensky Must Go Free sometimes given as Let Ramensky Go. Further reading Footnotes References 1906 births 1972 deaths 20th-century Scottish criminals Royal Fusiliers soldiers British burglars Scottish people of Lithuanian descent People from North Lanarkshire British Army personnel of World War II Recipients of the Military Medal British Army Commandos soldiers Scottish miners British coal miners Military personnel from Lanarkshire