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==History== | ==History== | ||
During [[World War II]], the invading [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] [[soldier]]s looted the palace, dismantling the entire room and shipping its contents off to [[Königsberg]], [[Prussia]]<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Theft of the Amber Room"</ref> following the siege of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}. In 1943, the {{Wiki|Königsberg City Museum|Königsberg Museum}}'s director sent a panel to the ''{{Wiki|Schutzstaffel|SS}} {{Wiki|Obergruppenführer}}'' and [[German Rite of the Templar Order|German Templar]] [[Gero Kramer]] in [[Książ Castle]] in occupied [[Poland]] as a favor. Kramer included the piece as one of the items to be auctioned off on 15 July of the same year, though interference by the [[Assassins]] led by [[Boris Pash]] left the item's fate unknown after the castle's destruction.<ref name="Conspiracies"/> The rest of the items fared the same way after the {{Wiki|Allies of World War II|Allied}} {{Wiki|Bombing of Königsberg in World War II|bombing of Königsberg}}.<ref name="Wiki"/> | During [[World War II]], the invading [[Nazi Party|Nazi]] [[soldier]]s looted the palace, dismantling the entire room and shipping its contents off to [[Königsberg]], [[Prussia]]<ref name="ACRPG">''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]] – [[Forging History]]'' – Historical Hooks: "The Theft of the Amber Room"</ref> following the {{Wiki|siege of Leningrad|siege of Saint Petersburg}} which impacted the nearby city of {{Wiki|Pushkin, Saint Petersburg|Pushkin}}. In 1943, the {{Wiki|Königsberg City Museum|Königsberg Museum}}'s director sent a panel to the ''{{Wiki|Schutzstaffel|SS}} {{Wiki|Obergruppenführer}}'' and [[German Rite of the Templar Order|German Templar]] [[Gero Kramer]] in [[Książ Castle]] in occupied [[Poland]] as a favor. Kramer included the piece as one of the items to be auctioned off on 15 July of the same year, though interference by the [[Assassins]] led by [[Boris Pash]] left the item's fate unknown after the castle's destruction.<ref name="Conspiracies"/> The rest of the items fared the same way after the {{Wiki|Allies of World War II|Allied}} {{Wiki|Bombing of Königsberg in World War II|bombing of Königsberg}}.<ref name="Wiki"/> | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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The Amber Room, also referred to as the Amber Chamber and by the moniker of the Eighth Wonder of the World,[1] was a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Tsars' summer residence of Catherine Palace near Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2]
History
During World War II, the invading Nazi soldiers looted the palace, dismantling the entire room and shipping its contents off to Königsberg, Prussia[3] following the siege of Saint Petersburg which impacted the nearby city of Pushkin. In 1943, the Königsberg Museum's director sent a panel to the SS Obergruppenführer and German Templar Gero Kramer in Książ Castle in occupied Poland as a favor. Kramer included the piece as one of the items to be auctioned off on 15 July of the same year, though interference by the Assassins led by Boris Pash left the item's fate unknown after the castle's destruction.[1] The rest of the items fared the same way after the Allied bombing of Königsberg.[2]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow (first mentioned)
- Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game – Forging History (mentioned only)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Amber Room on Wikipedia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game – Forging History – Historical Hooks: "The Theft of the Amber Room"