Polish Divers Hope Nazi Shipwreck Holds Key to Amber Room Treasure

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3 October 2020 13:32 WIB

A diver checks the wreck of a German Second World War ship "Karlsruhe" during a search operation in the Baltic sea in June 2020. Polish divers say they have discovered the wreck of a German Second World War ship which may help solve a decades-old mystery - the location of the Amber Room, an ornate chamber from a St Petersburg palace that was looted by Nazi Germans. Tomasz Stachura/ Baltictech/Handout via REUTERS

2 Oktober 2020 00:00 WIB

A wreck of a German Second World War ship "Karlsruhe" is seen during a search operation in the Baltic sea in June 2020. Decorated with amber and gold, the Amber Room was part of the Catherine Palace near St Petersburg, but was last seen in Koenigsberg, then a Baltic port city in Germany but now the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. Tomasz Stachura/ Baltictech/Handout via REUTERS

2 Oktober 2020 00:00 WIB

A wreck of a German Second World War ship "Karlsruhe" is seen during a search operation in the Baltic sea in June 2020. t was from Koenigsberg that the Karlsruhe steamer set sail in 1945 with a heavy cargo, before being sunk by Soviet warplanes off the coast of Poland. Tomasz Stachura/ Baltictech/Handout via REUTERS

2 Oktober 2020 00:00 WIB

A wreck of a German Second World War ship "Karlsruhe" is seen during a search operation in the Baltic sea in June 2020. The Karlsruhe had been taking part in Operation Hannibal, one of the largest sea evacuations in history which helped more than one million German troops and civilians from East Prussia escape the Soviet advance towards the end of World War Two. Tomasz Stachura/ Baltictech/Handout via REUTERS

2 Oktober 2020 00:00 WIB

A wreck of a German Second World War ship "Karlsruhe" is seen during a search operation in the Baltic sea in June 2020. Polish divers say they have discovered the wreck of a German Second World War ship which may help solve a decades-old mystery - the location of the Amber Room, an ornate chamber from a St Petersburg palace that was looted by Nazi Germans. Tomasz Stachura/ Baltictech/Handout via REUTERS

2 Oktober 2020 00:00 WIB

2 Oktober 2020 00:00 WIB