BEST OF (#42 OF 515) THE AMBER ROOM ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST UNSOLVED MYSTERIES

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The Amber Room was an ornate chamber decorated in custom crafted amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors and located in the Catherine Palace in Tsarke Selo near St. Petersburg. It was a gift from Prussia to Russia in the 18th century in order to promote an alliance against Sweden. It was stolen from the palace by Nazi Germany in WWII and moved to Konigsberg Castle in Germany, where some say it was destroyed by either Soviet or RAF bombing raids which destroyed most of that city. Konigberg was annexed by Russia and is called Kaliningrad. today. Many theories exist regarding the fate of the Amber Room and we cover them here, as well as provide additional research on Swedish and Argentine financing of the Nazi war machine, the sinking of the Wilhelm Gusloff with nearly 9,000 refugees onboard (and possibly the Amber Room in crates), and German theft of many priceless pieces of art, some of which were recovered by the "Monuments Men", and others which are still missing.

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1:23.9	Music com. Imagine, if you will, an entire palace room created from amber.
1:56.7	That beautiful honey-colored substance which is created from fossilized pine resin,
2:01.6	and which, when heated, and then soaked in a mixture of honey, linseed and resin,
2:07.2	and molded into flat leaves, can be pieced together by craftsmen
2:10.8	to create intricately carved panels which are placed upon gold-leaf boards,
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