At 12:13 PM 6/5/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi!  Can anyone tell me what former Soviet/now Russian (I think) museum
>(or palace or .....) holds these two treasures.  A friend is headed
>toward that part of the world and wants to see both.  They were both
>taken by Soviet troops invading Berlin (?) at the end of WW II.
>Possession was only admitted in the last couple of years.  Thanks.
>Linn

Uhhh... I think you have that reversed. As far as I knew, the famed Amber
room was taken apart before the _Germans_ came to the then _Soviet Union_
and no one knows where the amber panels are hidden.  Either that or the
German National Socialists took the panels and no one knows where they are
now. Your friend can go to the Hermitage (I think that is where the Amber
Room was? Can anyone confirm?) and see the room where the panels once were,
but not the amber itself.

Hope this was helpful!

Tara





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Tara Kennedy
Acquisitions Assistant
Trinity College Library
Hartford, Connecticut
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