Over the last half-century, the post-war dissappearance of the Amber Room has formed the basis for several novels and countless legends. Many insist the panels did not go up in smoke, but were well-hidden by the Nazis.
Speculation peaked when, in May 1997, one of the original Florentine mosaics surfaced in Bremen, Germany. Detectives arrested an attorney who claimed his client had given him the mosaic to sell. Police discovered that the client was the son of a German officer who may have lifted a piece of the room while it was en route to Königsberg during the war. An amber chest also resurfaced a few years ago. Both were presented to Russian President Vladimir Putin and to this day remain the only surviving pieces of the original Amber Room.
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