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His response to Merkel should have been, “Sure. You return the Amber Room and we’ll return the Eberswalde Hoard.”

The most accepted theory is that the Red Army destroyed the Amber Room inadvertently in the fires that raged in the seizure of Konigsberg.

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The most accepted theory is that the Red Army destroyed the Amber Room inadvertently in the fires that raged in the seizure of Konigsberg.

Admittedly nobody knows for sure. But my real point is that Merkel is the last person to be complaining to others about looting national treasures.