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What did the Nazis do with the Amber Room?-Episode #03

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What did the Nazis do with the Amber Room when they stole it from the Russian’s Catherine Palace during World War II? Built in 18th century Prussia, the Amber Room covered more than 590 sq ft and contained over 6 tons of Amber. In 1716 it was gifted from Prussian King Frederick William I to his ally Tsar Peter the Great of the Russian Empire. Modern estimates of the room value it at over $500 million.

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    • Episode Resources (MLA)

    • Sayer, Ian. Nazi Gold. Mainstream Publishing, 2003.
  • "A Brief History of the Amber Room". Smithsonian Institution. 2014. Retrieved  September 2023.
  • "Red Army, Not the Nazis, Destroyed Tsar's Amber Room". Telegraph. 2004. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  • "Nazi Gold." Secrets of the Third Reich, season 2, episode 4, Smithsonian Channel, 2015.
  • Thumbnail Image: Андрей Андреевич Зеест, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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