How did the Amber Room, the eighth wonder of the world, disappear?

/kloc-In the 8th century, Frederick I, King of Prussia, decided to build the eighth wonder of the world, the Amber Room, in order to enjoy a luxurious life and attract skilled craftsmen from all over the world. The Amber Room is built in 17 10, with an area of about 60 square meters. All rooms are made of amber boards and inlaid with silver. The construction of the Amber Room became a great spectacle that sensationalized the world at that time.

17 10 In order to protect Russia, King Frederick I of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great. The gift arrived in Petersburg on 17 17. Shortly after Peter the Great died, the queen who succeeded to the throne transported the Amber Room to Chasyehilo, installed it in the palace, and designed and installed special window mirrors. The Amber Room has become a bright pearl in Catherine Palace, emitting dazzling light.

During World War II, after the Germans occupied Catherine Palace, they looted the amber room in the palace, unpacked it and transported it to Konigsberg by train.

Immediately after the war, the Soviet Union set up a special search team to look for the Amber Room. They searched everywhere in the ruins of war. /kloc-at the end of 0/949, the search team learned that Magnus, a German from Pio Noresk, knew the whereabouts of the Amber Room, so they found the Germans.

According to him, the search team salvaged 17 boxes from the bottom of the Baltic Sea. But there is no amber room in it, only some bearings and the like, which is disappointing.

After studying a lot of information, the search team found that German Rod knew the Amber Room like the back of his hand. When he was the curator of the Konigsberg Art Museum, he was the manager and protector of the Konigsberg Amber Collection.

The Nazis stole the Amber Room from Catherine Palace, smuggled it to Konigsberg and gave it to Dr. Rhodes. An eyewitness said that he personally opened the box and shut himself in his room to admire this unique and rare handicraft in the world, even to the point of forgetting to eat and sleep.

After the bloody battle in Stalingrad, Nazi leaders withdrew from Tilsitt and Konigsberg. British planes bombed Konigsberg constantly, and the palace was also shot down in the bombing. The museum opposite the palace is in danger of being bombed.

On the day when the palace was bombed, Dr. Rhodes ordered the amber room to be demolished and packed and shipped. However, no place is safe. He talked with Count von Schwelien, and with the consent, he moved some of the exhibits of the museum to Virkhov Manor in Schwelien, but the Amber Room didn't move there. Why is this?

1On April 8, 945, the Soviet Red Army liberated Konigsberg. Strangely, Dr. Rhodes, who was politically opposed to * * *, did not leave Konigsberg. Professor Barsov, who was in charge of searching for cultural relics in the Red Army, found Dr. Rhodes, and Luo was willing to provide advice. One day, Rod took Barsov to a basement whose entrance was blocked and told him quietly, "There are museum exhibits in it." However, Barsov did not attract enough attention, thinking that he was just talking. Soon, the news of the sudden death of Dr. and Mrs. Rhodes came, and the job search was disconnected again.

The search team learned from the information that there was a Soviet woman named Kurzenko who worked in Dr. Rhodes' museum. 1958, the search team found Kurzenko, who teaches art history at the Institute of Education in Kostroma. She provided some extremely important information to the search team.

Kurlenko recalled: "At the beginning of 1945, Dr. Rhodes and I went to Hof, Ben Wilden. I met the Earl of Schwelien. Rod pointed to many big boxes in the room and told me that all the exhibits in the Konigsberg Art Museum were in these boxes. I once asked about the Amber Room, but they never answered me directly. Since then, our topic has never been related to the Amber Room.

"1945 65438+1October 22nd, the Schwelien family planned to leave Ben Wilden Hof, hoping that I would go with them, but I decided not to go, and I wanted to stay and take care of the property of these museums. On October 23rd, 65438/KLOC-0, the Germans who entered Ben Wilden Hof were allowed to enter the museum. The Germans became hysterical at the sight of these boxes. They say the box is not portable and should be used as fuel. A group of German soldiers screamed, "Never leave these things to the Russians." As they shouted, they began to destroy. I tried to stop it, but to no avail. "

"Suddenly, a fire broke out in the city-the Germans began to evacuate. I looked at the raging fire and thought that the box was finished, so I stood there until the Soviet Red Army entered the city. I immediately found the person in charge of the Red Army and sent someone to rescue the property. However, nothing was found, and the whole castle was burned to ashes. "

Later, many foreign friends looked for the Amber Room, and many letters were sent from Berlin, Leipzig and Munich to the former Soviet Union. Among them, the letter of the pseudonym Rudolph Ringer is quite eye-catching.

The man wrote in the letter: "My father's name is George Ringo. He worked in Hitler's guard and secret police ... One month before his death, he told me his life story and mentioned the Amber Room. After my father died, I found a notebook in my basement with 100 orders on it, one of which was related to the transfer of the amber room. "

Now, Konigsberg has become Kaliningrad with many buildings. According to the information provided by Rudolf Ringer, the Amber Room did not move out of Konigsberg. In people's minds, it is still a mirage, which makes people confused. Where is it?