The Hunt For The "8th Wonder Of The World" Stolen By The Nazis | Myth Hunters | Timeline

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
    @chrismc8000Ай 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

    @donahunt832

    23 күн бұрын

    YES it is....WHY???

  • @Montana_horseman
    @Montana_horsemanАй 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

    @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

    @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

    @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

    @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

    @Montana_horseman

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @Za7a7aZ
    @Za7a7aZАй 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

    @rlopez11-11

    14 күн бұрын

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

  • @loumcast
    @loumcastАй 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

    @eyetrollin710

    24 күн бұрын

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

  • @karlshuler1011
    @karlshuler101128 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

    @koboskolors

    27 күн бұрын

    Give ya $3

  • @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

    @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

    24 күн бұрын

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

  • @donahunt832

    @donahunt832

    23 күн бұрын

    😂

  • @karlshuler1011

    @karlshuler1011

    20 күн бұрын

    @@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg 🤣🤣

  • @gaylynnmasceri7907

    @gaylynnmasceri7907

    19 күн бұрын

    Please take 1 panel & be on Antiques Roadshow

  • @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg
    @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg24 күн бұрын

    The Amber Room exists, its at Reich headquarters in Argentina

  • @ruthqueen6282

    @ruthqueen6282

    17 күн бұрын

    Or in Antarctica

  • @user-mh8vy2ui3s
    @user-mh8vy2ui3sАй 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

    @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

    @AAlvarez14520

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @sarah2544

    @sarah2544

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @loumcast
    @loumcastАй 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

    @splitman1129

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @Kidraver555

    @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

    @kingtut4509

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @trevordavis1278

    @trevordavis1278

    Ай бұрын

    Who are u

  • @kingtut4509

    @kingtut4509

    Ай бұрын

    WHO ARE YOU?

  • @Cool5380
    @Cool5380Ай бұрын

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

  • @carlabonnet7314
    @carlabonnet7314Ай бұрын

    So many things were hidden in mines and caves

  • @Celisar1
    @Celisar123 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

    @amandaskywalker7331

    10 күн бұрын

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

  • @adambane1719
    @adambane1719Ай 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

    @masterzimny

    Ай бұрын

    What’s your point?

  • @paullewis2413

    @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

    @tenaci-et-rip-eam

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @adambane1719

    @adambane1719

    27 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

    @adambane1719

    25 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
    @chadbennett39983 күн бұрын

    Watching from Mackinac Island Michigan

  • @charlieoscar09
    @charlieoscar09Ай бұрын

    The Amber Room has gone up in smoke

  • @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

    @AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg

    24 күн бұрын

    An incandescent amber flame

  • @grimmertwin2148
    @grimmertwin214829 күн бұрын

    The Vatican has it probably

  • @danwolf307

    @danwolf307

    28 күн бұрын

    Why was it full of children?

  • @MacAdam-itsme
    @MacAdam-itsme28 күн бұрын

    excellent

  • @justinfuller8803
    @justinfuller8803Ай бұрын

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

  • @user-tt8xf9td6b

    @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.

  • @apantrakis
    @apantrakis18 күн бұрын

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

  • @AllIsWellaus
    @AllIsWellausАй 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

    @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

    @devriestown

    16 күн бұрын

    I'm from New Zealand 🇳🇿 interesting

  • @katherinecollins4685
    @katherinecollins46856 күн бұрын

    Presented well

  • @timothynauss8940
    @timothynauss894018 күн бұрын

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

  • @cjason123
    @cjason12325 күн бұрын

    I'm guessing amber melts/burns when heated?

  • @spscorse
    @spscorse26 күн бұрын

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

  • @melissataylor9479
    @melissataylor9479Ай бұрын

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

  • @WeAreLegion-

    @WeAreLegion-

    Ай бұрын

    Where are they??

  • @nanabutner
    @nanabutner27 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
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q8 күн бұрын

    Less chance of bombers attack a convoy

  • @danielleriverin3117
    @danielleriverin3117Ай бұрын

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

  • @keithfrost1190

    @keithfrost1190

    Ай бұрын

    If you believe that, you'll believe anything!

  • @WeAreLegion-

    @WeAreLegion-

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @markholditt3342
    @markholditt334228 күн бұрын

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

  • @flashladderacrobat
    @flashladderacrobatАй бұрын

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

  • @carenkurdjinian5413
    @carenkurdjinian541317 күн бұрын

    Interesting………🌞

  • @DrinkTheKoolAid62
    @DrinkTheKoolAid6225 күн бұрын

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

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q8 күн бұрын

    I think I could tell you where to find it

  • @steveh-m665
    @steveh-m665Ай бұрын

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

  • @amandaskywalker7331

    @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
    @acaciablossom558Ай 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

    @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

    @vcom2327

    29 күн бұрын

    Complete nonsense

  • @whatadollslife
    @whatadollslifeАй бұрын

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

  • @jean-baptistepoquelin5116

    @jean-baptistepoquelin5116

    Ай бұрын

    Yes.

  • @IndependantMind168

    @IndependantMind168

    10 күн бұрын

    Yep

  • @eriksam1132

    @eriksam1132

    2 күн бұрын

    That is his fajer

  • @gonefishing167
    @gonefishing167Ай 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 🙏🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

  • @user-jd4kx4ff9q
    @user-jd4kx4ff9q8 күн бұрын

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

  • @billysewardgardening
    @billysewardgardening16 күн бұрын

    old world tartartian treasure

  • @dwardodwardo643
    @dwardodwardo643Ай бұрын

    All this history of searching, was nothing else found?

  • @francisklambauer144
    @francisklambauer14423 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!

  • @chriscarrol9373
    @chriscarrol937328 күн бұрын

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

  • @talltrees358
    @talltrees35817 күн бұрын

    Like finding a unicorn.

  • @chriscarrol9373
    @chriscarrol937328 күн бұрын

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

  • @gfurstnsu
    @gfurstnsu28 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
    @Picks_Productions25 күн бұрын

    Andre the Giant died ages ago.

  • @PeterJessenDK
    @PeterJessenDK15 күн бұрын

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

  • @NikonFstopper
    @NikonFstopper13 күн бұрын

    Could secretly be at the Vatican!

  • @tonykulikovsky

    @tonykulikovsky

    2 күн бұрын

    Or in one of Putins Palaces

  • @Za7a7aZ
    @Za7a7aZАй 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
    @mohammedsaysrashid3587Ай 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

    @brendamcdonall5798

    28 күн бұрын

    What??? You make no sense.

  • @Izzymohammed1
    @Izzymohammed120 күн бұрын

    JUST WOW❤❤❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @grzegorzrokita2330
    @grzegorzrokita2330Ай бұрын

    W Polsce jest gdzieś ukryty złoty pociąg..

  • @WeAreLegion-

    @WeAreLegion-

    Ай бұрын

    Made from jew booty gold

  • @grzegorzrokita2330
    @grzegorzrokita2330Ай 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

    @Celisar1

    23 күн бұрын

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

  • @Ai-he1dp
    @Ai-he1dpАй бұрын

    If it were found who would it belong to?

  • @JoseAntonio-oy9ll

    @JoseAntonio-oy9ll

    27 күн бұрын

    Russia.

  • @Ai-he1dp

    @Ai-he1dp

    27 күн бұрын

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

  • @JoColours

    @JoColours

    26 күн бұрын

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

  • @Celisar1

    @Celisar1

    23 күн бұрын

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

  • @chris.asi_romeo
    @chris.asi_romeo26 күн бұрын

    Indiana Jones

  • @ruthqueen6282
    @ruthqueen628217 күн бұрын

    It is in Antarctica.

  • @markgarin6355
    @markgarin635524 күн бұрын

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

  • @Aspectus
    @AspectusАй 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-

    @WeAreLegion-

    Ай бұрын

    The himans are very wierd, right?

  • @Aspectus

    @Aspectus

    Ай бұрын

    @@WeAreLegion- I agree

  • @vadusnisky31
    @vadusnisky3123 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
    @prestigevideos214724 күн бұрын

    Is good the took what was theirs

  • @Naitomea215
    @Naitomea215Ай бұрын

    They're looking for Andre the Giant?

  • @billysewardgardening
    @billysewardgardening16 күн бұрын

    founded

  • @drpepperr
    @drpepperr19 күн бұрын

    Abalone

  • @robertbennett9949
    @robertbennett994914 күн бұрын

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

  • @ianhobbs4984
    @ianhobbs498421 күн бұрын

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

  • @phonex7924
    @phonex7924Ай бұрын

    🇵🇭

  • @LuckyClovers
    @LuckyCloversАй бұрын

    USA ❤

  • @heikkijhautanen4576

    @heikkijhautanen4576

    Ай бұрын

    Canada ❤

  • @G-Man-half-life

    @G-Man-half-life

    Ай бұрын

    ⁠​⁠​⁠NORTH KOREA ❤️

  • @PlayNiceFolks

    @PlayNiceFolks

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @PlayNiceFolks

    @PlayNiceFolks

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@G-Man-half-life Mars.

  • @AngelicaRodriguez-ds4xp

    @AngelicaRodriguez-ds4xp

    Ай бұрын

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

  • @evansrussell45
    @evansrussell45Ай бұрын

    Is there one !??

  • @Za7a7aZ
    @Za7a7aZАй бұрын

    The germans can be blamed and praised for many things

  • @Celisar1

    @Celisar1

    23 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.

  • @rlopez11-11
    @rlopez11-1114 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

    @rlopez11-11

    2 күн бұрын

    🙄

  • @malasagagaming9614
    @malasagagaming961411 күн бұрын

    He's obsess to art we all know why.

  • @pekertimulia125
    @pekertimulia125Ай бұрын

    Actually the only and one only

  • @wonderwond
    @wonderwond8 күн бұрын

    russia has it

  • @pekertimulia125
    @pekertimulia125Ай бұрын

    Djakarta Magna-Charta

  • @zhearr
    @zhearr5 күн бұрын

    it wasnt stolen because the makers are the germans

  • @cagg2927
    @cagg2927Ай бұрын

    Israelis seem to have picked up from the 1930s germans

  • @PlayNiceFolks

    @PlayNiceFolks

    Ай бұрын

    That's not technically true.

  • @keithfrost1190

    @keithfrost1190

    Ай бұрын

    @@PlayNiceFolks No, but they've learnt a lot from them!

  • @cagg2927

    @cagg2927

    Ай бұрын

    @@PlayNiceFolks theft, genocide and media manipulation. Id say they outdid them

  • @robertscheinost179

    @robertscheinost179

    29 күн бұрын

    @@keithfrost1190 They were good students.

  • @rerun8950
    @rerun895014 күн бұрын

    It’s the Astrodome in Houston. Problem solved

  • @nobodycancrossit1379
    @nobodycancrossit137918 күн бұрын

    Probably somewhere in Israel

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