Amber Room In Germany

Petersburg russia before world war ii.

Amber room in germany.

Ever since the 1940s treasure hunters have been searching poland and germany for the amber room. 1 of 42 this 1917 image is the only existing color photo of the amber room of catherine palace near st. The amber room was a gift from friedrich wilhelm i of prussia to peter the great in 1716 it was made up of six tonnes of amber resin and took 10 years to completei. Decorated with amber and gold the room was part of the catherine palace near st petersburg.

The amber and gold artifacts taken from the room were last seen in the russian baltic port city of kaliningrad four years later. At the time it was called koenigsberg and considered part of germany. Others say crates were placed in a submarine to convey it to safety but the sub was attacked and sank. The amber room was constructed in prussia and then given to tsar peter the great of russia in 1716 as a present.

Reuters reports that the germans dismantled the room and took it to koenigsberg. Constructed in the 18th century in prussia the room was dismantled and eventually disappeared during world war ii. Sovfoto getty images show more show less 2 of 42. German troops who invaded russia in july 1941 stole the amber room and sent it back to the reich the accepted theory is that it was destroyed by russian artillery fire when the red army stormed.

Bursztynowa komnata was a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors located in the catherine palace of tsarskoye selo near saint petersburg. It was last seen in königsberg then a baltic port city in germany but now the russian enclave of. German researchers believe they have found the legendary amber room thought to be most valuable piece of art stolen by the nazis during the second world war. Or most disturbing of all amber room hunter and former german soldier georg stein who in 1987 was murdered in a bavarian forest.