[Captain Peter Blood]

There was a recent story on this in the last edition of Forbes Magazine's FYI. There is a great deal more to this story and we will probably never really know what happened to the Amber room. The German Curator of that Castle Museum where the Amber room was kept, along with his wife, committed suicide right after the Red Army came and occupied that city in Germany before they could be interviewed by the KGB on the Amber Room. It may have burned up or is still hidden in one of the salt mines yet to be found with other art treasures.

[Khurkris]

...bummer.

[blam]

Catherine's Amber Room Glows Again

[Khurkris]

The Amber Room at Tsarskoe Syolo in Russia, the state in 1940

For visitor information, hours and lots of Amber Room-iana, check www.tzar.ru/eamber. There's a virtual tour of the Catherine Palace Museum at www.alexanderpalace.org/catherinepalace. For a look at the gorgeous amber pieces for sale from the Catherine Palace craftsmen, visit www.bernsteinzimmermythos.de. (The English-language version is under construction.)
In St. Petersburg, the sleekly refurbished Hotel Astoria on St. Isaac's Square is the place to be (7-812-313-5757, www.astoria.spb.ru). Many frequent St. Petersburg travelers I spoke to favor going the Lufthansa route through Frankfurt. An added incentive to visit: During the Stars of the White Nights Festival (May 30-July 18), the Mariinsky Theatre's three companies, the Kirov Ballet, Opera and Orchestra, will present nearly 60 performances (www.mariinsky.ru/en).

Forbes Aricle

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[BlueLancer]

I had always believed that it went down in the cargo hold of the Wilhelm Gustloff ...