What Happened to the Amber Room?
- Podcast Episode
- 2022
- 29m
Simon discusses the fate of the renowned Amber Room, a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors and located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Pe... Read allSimon discusses the fate of the renowned Amber Room, a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors and located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg. It was looted by the German army during World War II and taken to Konigsburg. in... Read allSimon discusses the fate of the renowned Amber Room, a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors and located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg. It was looted by the German army during World War II and taken to Konigsburg. in 1944, it was disassembled and crated for shipment for shipment west away from advancing S... Read all