- The official report stated: "Summarizing all the facts, we can say that the Amber Room was destroyed between 9 and 11 April 1945."[18].
- The Nazis, therefore, reclaimed this treasure and sent the dismantled Amber Room to Königsberg (now Kaliningrad, Russia, 1088 km east of Moscow).
- Königsberg was destroyed by allied bombers in 1944 and all documentation of the room stops here, the original Amber Room lost to history and never seen again.
- The meandering history of the Amber Room took it from Berlin to Russia to Königsberg, and then its ultimate fate became a mystery that has never been solved.
- 1. The Amber Room originated in Prussia. Made of fossilised resin, amber has long been an expensive and sought-after substance.
- The ultimate fate of the Amber Room, once called the Eighth Wonder of the World, is one of the great mysteries of the art world.
- Due to amber being a very fragile material towards temperature and humidity changes, the Amber Room had to be restored several times in 1800s.
- Because of its unique features and singular beauty, the original Amber Room was sometimes dubbed the “Eighth Wonder of the World”.
- Although estimates of its size vary, the Amber Room was believed to span about 55 square meters (592 ft2) after 18th-century renovations.
- The Amber Room was intended in 1701 for the Charlottenburg Palace, in Berlin, Prussia, but was eventually installed at the Berlin City Palace.
