The Amber Room
“Borya once again scanned the article fromInternational Art Review magazine and found the part he remembered: . . . Alfred Rohde, the man who supervised the evacuation of the Amber Room from Königsberg, was quickly apprehended after the war and summoned before Soviet authorities. The so-called Extraordinary State Commission on Damage Done by the Fascist-German Invaders was looking for the Amber Room and wanted answers. But Rohde and his wife were found dead on the morning they were to appear for... questioning. Dysentery was the official cause, plausible since epidemics were raging at the time from polluted water, but speculation abounded they had been killed in order to protect the location of the Amber Room.
On the same day, Dr. Paul Erdmann, the physician who signed the Rohdes’ death certificates, disappeared.
Erich Koch, Hitler’s personal representative in Prussia, was ultimately arrested and tried by the Poles for war crimes. Koch was sentenced to death in 1946, but his execution was continuously postponed at the request of Soviet authorities.MoreLess
On the same day, Dr. Paul Erdmann, the physician who signed the Rohdes’ death certificates, disappeared.
Erich Koch, Hitler’s personal representative in Prussia, was ultimately arrested and tried by the Poles for war crimes. Koch was sentenced to death in 1946, but his execution was continuously postponed at the request of Soviet authorities.MoreLess
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