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Ай бұрын

The Amber Room was once called the 8th wonder of the world. A dazzling chamber completely adorned with Amber Panels was the stuff of legends. Then World War 2 began and the Nazis quickly plundered this treasured masterpiece of the USSR. But whatever happened to this priceless room?
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@chrismc8000 Ай бұрын

Visited Catherine’s Palace outside of St. Petersburg several years ago and was able to see the beautiful craftsmanship that had recreated the Amber room. Absolutely stunning. There were photos of the destruction of the palace done by the Germans in WWII. Horrible. War is horrible…

@donahunt832 22 күн бұрын

YES it is....WHY???

@Montana_horseman Ай бұрын

From a silver and goldsmith / gem cutter and someone that works with Baltic amber perspective: I kept waiting for them to talk about how far back in human history the use of amber goes. It's a deep history and just one of the uses of amber in ancient times was as a fire starter. Amber burns, as it burns and more of it melts the fire will just keep increasing. Given the battle damage visible on the castle and then the possible torching of it after, I've always felt the amber room burned. If that's true then nothing would be found of it after a fire bad enough to destroy an entire castle.

@siliconwolverine Ай бұрын

I always felt the same. It would have burned hot enough no trace would have survived that science of the time could have found.

@Pack.Leader Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this interesting bit of information that only someone with your knowledge could pass along to the rest of us. I think it seems they burned it all too. Such a shame.

@gonefishing167 Ай бұрын

Sounds very feasible but - how sad. Makes you wonder how much of what they stole is still missing. It’s so very sad and a loss to humanity 🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

@Montana_horseman Ай бұрын

@@gonefishing167 A good friend that got me into working with Baltic amber was an older lady from Latvia on the Baltic coast, where much amber is found. During WW2 her father was taken by the nazis and never came back. Many years later she learned her father had be executed by them because they released the photos they took of people before executing them. Her fathers photo was part of that release. I love working with amber but there's a part of it that's bitter sweet to me because of her fathers fate.

@Montana_horseman Ай бұрын

@@Pack.Leader You're very welcome and nice to see such a kind reply from you. 👍

@Za7a7aZ Ай бұрын

When you give people unlimited power they just can not handle it. Whatever their personal desires are will grow towards the extreme

@rlopez11-11 13 күн бұрын

Like having dignity, private inner self and basic universal human rights enforcement? SCUMBAGS. WAR CRIMINAL SYNDICATE.

@loumcast Ай бұрын

If the Ambar room had been destroyed by fire at the castle in Konigsberg, you would think they would have found some traces of the melted amber among the ruins.

@eyetrollin710 23 күн бұрын

Please understand that Amber is combustible it is a fuel it doesn't just melt

@karlshuler1011 27 күн бұрын

I have it. I bought it at a garage sale for $2. It now sits on my basement wall. You never know what treasures a garage sale has. Who knew.

@koboskolors 26 күн бұрын

Give ya $3

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 23 күн бұрын

I got my autographed first edition bible at a garage sale, signed by JC and the boy's twelve

@donahunt832 22 күн бұрын

😂

@karlshuler1011 19 күн бұрын

@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 🤣🤣

@gaylynnmasceri7907 18 күн бұрын

Please take 1 panel & be on Antiques Roadshow

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 23 күн бұрын

The Amber Room exists, its at Reich headquarters in Argentina

@ruthqueen6282 16 күн бұрын

Or in Antarctica

@user-mh8vy2ui3s Ай бұрын

I hope he or someone finds that artistic miracle. I know it was replaced, but the antique room needs to arise from the darkness.

@neighborhoodcatlady6094 Ай бұрын

Unfortunately if they do find it, the amber is probably destroyed due to the atmospheric conditions of where it is located. 😿

@AAlvarez14520 Ай бұрын

@@neighborhoodcatlady6094or in some rich persons mansion & told no one.

@sarah2544 Ай бұрын

😢Aw2😂😂😂😢lol I'll@@neighborhoodcatlady6094

@loumcast Ай бұрын

The re-constructed Ambar room at Catherine's Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, it's stunning, a work of art not to be missed if you ever happened to be in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

@splitman1129 Ай бұрын

It's material objects. Forget about it . Save your soul instead.

@Kidraver555 Ай бұрын

Wow another expert etymologist changing the spelling of words to something he thinks is more accurate, lmfao, I bet you think loose means defeat as well.

@kingtut4509 Ай бұрын

I was there in 2005 and it is by far the most beautiful place!!!

@trevordavis1278 Ай бұрын

Who are u

@kingtut4509 Ай бұрын

WHO ARE YOU?

@Cool5380 29 күн бұрын

Yes I wonder why the Wilhelm Gustloff is cut and blown to bits why could that be?

@carlabonnet7314 Ай бұрын

So many things were hidden in mines and caves

@Celisar1 22 күн бұрын

This documentary makes it appear as if the Amber Room had been Russian from the get go and only shortly mentions that it was crafted by Germans before being “presented” to the Russian Tsar. But in fact is was a German art work ordered by the Prussian King Friedrich I for his Berlin Castle, designed by a German (Johann Friedrich Eosander) and manufactured by German craftsmen. Although it belonged to the Russian empire later in history this is an important background story and not making that clear is a red flag in any documentary!

@amandaskywalker7331 10 күн бұрын

They also frequently refer to the Soviets as "the Russians" ...

@adambane1719 Ай бұрын

Have you ever been to any museum in Britain or France ... ?? ....because they are absoloutely FILLED with someone elses, "priceless works of art"

@masterzimny 29 күн бұрын

What’s your point?

@paullewis2413 28 күн бұрын

@@masterzimnyJust one of those uniformed people who are ignorant of the fact that a great number exhibits in the great museums of the World would not exist today (just like the Amber Room) had it not been for those people who rescued them from almost certain destruction or at least ruination. These works of art are there today for anyone to see unlike private collections that are hidden away.

@tenaci-et-rip-eam 27 күн бұрын

Oddly a great deal of those artifacts were stolen robbing graves et cetera

@adambane1719 26 күн бұрын

Yeah, because the Spanish and British and French "christians" didnt go around annihilating burning and destroying the history and the historical items and histories of the native cultures they were obliterating for profit!? Have you ever read a book Paul ?? @@paullewis2413

@adambane1719 24 күн бұрын

@@paullewis2413 Yeah, because the Spanish and British and French "christians" didnt go around annihilating burning and destroying the history and the historical items and histories of the native cultures they were obliterating for profit!? Have you ever read a book Paul ??

@chadbennett3998 2 күн бұрын

Watching from Mackinac Island Michigan

@charlieoscar09 Ай бұрын

The Amber Room has gone up in smoke

@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 23 күн бұрын

An incandescent amber flame

@grimmertwin2148 28 күн бұрын

The Vatican has it probably

@danwolf307 27 күн бұрын

Why was it full of children?

@justinfuller8803 Ай бұрын

Interesting documentary. The steam train shown therein was a Highland Railway Jones goods engine with cattle wagons. Strange inclusion.

@user-tt8xf9td6b Ай бұрын

Whatever they can find to illustrate the point. Just as all of the video of blasting to illustrate the clearing of blockages in mine tunnels was obviously surface blasts.

@MacAdam-itsme 27 күн бұрын

excellent

@apantrakis 18 күн бұрын

Who knows the epic music uses during the 4.30 minute, when is shown the amber room ?

@AllIsWellaus Ай бұрын

They were once a dominant feature on the shores of Lake Rotomahana. Considered the 8th Wonder of the World, the Pink and White Terraces were the original New Zealand tourism destination, until they were buried in the 1886 eruption of Mt Tarawera.

@gonefishing167 Ай бұрын

We saw them and they were just wonderful. So sad but at least it was natural, not the fault of man 🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

@devriestown 15 күн бұрын

I'm from New Zealand 🇳🇿 interesting

@katherinecollins4685 5 күн бұрын

Presented well

@timothynauss8940 17 күн бұрын

What about the amber room room stories out of Poland at the maraki bunkers near the wolfs layer ????

@cjason123 24 күн бұрын

I'm guessing amber melts/burns when heated?

@melissataylor9479 Ай бұрын

Huge panels aren’t in some crack in the ground.

@WeAreLegion- Ай бұрын

Where are they??

@nanabutner 26 күн бұрын

I have read that because of the way the original Amber Room was constructed, when either the USSR or GERMANY tried to remove the actual Amber it was so fragile that it was destroyed. Who knows, was the Amber Room ever even moved at all? Considering that it has NEVER been found--I have to wonder if it ever survived the attempts to remove it from the Palace.

@user-jd4kx4ff9q 8 күн бұрын

Less chance of bombers attack a convoy

@danielleriverin3117 Ай бұрын

One thing is you can't never hide the truth! ❣️

@keithfrost1190 Ай бұрын

If you believe that, you'll believe anything!

@WeAreLegion- Ай бұрын

How many ET species are on earth? since you know all truths...

@spscorse 25 күн бұрын

It’s buried in a mine with a lot of other Loot

@markholditt3342 27 күн бұрын

It is where it always was. It's just been boarded over

@flashladderacrobat Ай бұрын

It could have been on the Willhem Gustlof, sank by a Soviet Sub.

@DrinkTheKoolAid62 24 күн бұрын

Believing the Amber Room still exists is, sadly, pure romanticism

@carenkurdjinian5413 16 күн бұрын

Interesting………🌞

@user-jd4kx4ff9q 8 күн бұрын

I think I could tell you where to find it

@steveh-m665 29 күн бұрын

How silly! Who took the color pics of the amber room?! 🤔 Ask them where it is! 😂

@amandaskywalker7331 10 күн бұрын

They recreated it 30 years ago - that is what they are showing. And color photography existed before 1941 you know.

@acaciablossom558 Ай бұрын

They are never going to find it until someone forces Switzerland to open their vaults. That’s where it is. And that’s where the other lost treasure and great works of art are. I guarantee you somebody there has some clause that unclaimed vaults default to bank ownership after some number of years.

@moodybluesgurl 29 күн бұрын

My guess was its in the Vatican since they had an interesting alliance with the nazis but I very much like your theory, they were not as neutral as people believe, who knows what may be hidden in those vast bunkers....

@vcom2327 28 күн бұрын

Complete nonsense

@gonefishing167 Ай бұрын

So interesting, thank you. One hopes it could be found for historical reasons - and the sheet beauty and craftsmanship of it - but I think the odds are slim. Just ‘burnt up’ seems like such a sheer waste, as is all warfare I guess 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

@whatadollslife Ай бұрын

38:23 is that Putin in the group???

@jean-baptistepoquelin5116 Ай бұрын

Yes.

@IndependantMind168 9 күн бұрын

Yep

@eriksam1132 Күн бұрын

That is his fajer

@user-jd4kx4ff9q 8 күн бұрын

If your tips say they took it south they really took it north

@billysewardgardening 15 күн бұрын

old world tartartian treasure

@dwardodwardo643 Ай бұрын

All this history of searching, was nothing else found?

@chriscarrol9373 27 күн бұрын

Is this where the first amber alert came from???? LoL

@francisklambauer144 22 күн бұрын

The Amber Room is long gone!WHY? Not on shredd of it has EVER reappeared! In our GREEDY world it or a peice would of it, have reappeared somewhere for Sale!

@talltrees358 17 күн бұрын

Like finding a unicorn.

@chriscarrol9373 27 күн бұрын

Some would say it's best to let sleeping dogs lie. I have done alot of bad things.

@gfurstnsu 27 күн бұрын

I’ve read somewhere that late in the war a boat left the Kronesburg. It was loaded with refugees and was sunk. In the hold of this boat passengers saw large boxes and crates seen being loaded. Were they full of the reminders of the amber room? This boat was torpedoed by the Russians and repidly sank with a large majority of the passengers drown. Maybe the Amber Room is at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.😂

@Picks_Productions 24 күн бұрын

Andre the Giant died ages ago.

@PeterJessenDK 14 күн бұрын

It's very peculiar that no single Russian institution or individual is credited for the contents. Have we come so far?

@Izzymohammed1 19 күн бұрын

JUST WOW❤❤❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@NikonFstopper 12 күн бұрын

Could secretly be at the Vatican!

@tonykulikovsky Күн бұрын

Or in one of Putins Palaces

@Za7a7aZ Ай бұрын

We all know people love money...if there was someone who knew where it is he would have stepped forward already. So it is not in private hands. What left is soneone knew but died..and took the location to the grave. Or the russians have it..but would have presented it to the world..or it is destroyed and gone

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Ай бұрын

It was a thrilled story .GDR...Spent allot of money 💰 and human efforts for finding a past smoked thread ..while that money and human efforts are needed for the progression of human lifestyle in GDR

@brendamcdonall5798 27 күн бұрын

What??? You make no sense.

@grzegorzrokita2330 Ай бұрын

W Polsce jest gdzieś ukryty złoty pociąg..

@WeAreLegion- Ай бұрын

Made from jew booty gold

@grzegorzrokita2330 Ай бұрын

Niemcy obrabowali Polskę podczas wojny do tej pory nie chcą zwracać kradzionych dzieł sztuki przez 6 lat zamordowali 6 milionów Polaków. A obecnie pouczają Nas! jak mamy żyć!

@Celisar1 22 күн бұрын

Not 6 million Polish people. 🙄 Please open a history book instead of making such stupid claims.

@Ai-he1dp Ай бұрын

If it were found who would it belong to?

@JoseAntonio-oy9ll 26 күн бұрын

Russia.

@Ai-he1dp 26 күн бұрын

@@JoseAntonio-oy9ll then it's best left where it is....in Germany.

@JoColours 26 күн бұрын

@@JoseAntonio-oy9ll But the Germans would almost certainly steal it again.

@Celisar1 22 күн бұрын

I would say Russia. The Prussian King was an idiot for trading it but done is done.

@chris.asi_romeo 25 күн бұрын

Indiana Jones

@ruthqueen6282 16 күн бұрын

It is in Antarctica.

@markgarin6355 23 күн бұрын

But never found... nothing to see here keep moving

@Aspectus Ай бұрын

Although beautiful and amazing, it is bizarre for there to be so muvh effort during the war to both steal art and tp recover it. All while millions suffer. War and himans can be so weird.

@WeAreLegion- Ай бұрын

The himans are very wierd, right?

@Aspectus Ай бұрын

@@WeAreLegion- I agree

@vadusnisky31 23 күн бұрын

The conclusion of detailed investigation undertaken by the allies after the war was that it was destroyed by fire in an allied air raid on a castle which had been targeted as an ss control centre. Remnants recovered from the remains contained burnt amber with wood from the storage cabinets used for transportation. The Germans themselves Told the enquiry that the last place it was stored together was at this castle and there was no doubt whatsoever that the burnt remnants in the ruins of the castle were all that remained of the amber room.

@prestigevideos2147 23 күн бұрын

Is good the took what was theirs

@Naitomea215 Ай бұрын

They're looking for Andre the Giant?

@billysewardgardening 15 күн бұрын

founded

@drpepperr 18 күн бұрын

Abalone

@robertbennett9949 13 күн бұрын

Soviets.......not 'Russians '.

@ianhobbs4984 21 күн бұрын

Being totally honest it's just s bunch of worthless rubbish and a waste of time and effort searching for it.

@phonex7924 Ай бұрын

🇵🇭

@LuckyClovers Ай бұрын

USA ❤

@heikkijhautanen4576 Ай бұрын

Canada ❤

@G-Man-half-life Ай бұрын

⁠⁠⁠NORTH KOREA ❤️

@PlayNiceFolks Ай бұрын

@@heikkijhautanen4576 Not Europe, Not Asia, and definitely not South America...we can all agree on that

@PlayNiceFolks Ай бұрын

@@G-Man-half-life Mars.

@AngelicaRodriguez-ds4xp Ай бұрын

Why don't they use psychics to find the amber room with remote viewing.

@Za7a7aZ Ай бұрын

The germans can be blamed and praised for many things

@Celisar1 22 күн бұрын

The Germans designed and craftet that particular thing for the Berlin Castle of the Prussian King Friedrich I. It was only later traded to the Russian Tsar. Although it then rightfully belonged to the Russian Empire and with that later the Soviet Union it was an important piece of German art. The documentary fails completely in pointing that out.

@evansrussell45 Ай бұрын

Is there one !??

@rlopez11-11 13 күн бұрын

Amber is the most dangerous thing according to the Jurassic Park movie. Amber and prehistoric mosquitoes 🦟 lead to the collapse of the Costa Rican theme park of to which sent ripples of fear all throughout the world of Hollywood motion picture movie industry fans and their $13-$40 delicious buttered popcorn mongering family members.

@rlopez11-11 Күн бұрын

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