In replying to mine, Axel Lapp of Manchester UK says, amongst other
things:


        "... its disappearance has little to do with the 'siege of
        leningrad', as it was in the castle of kalinigrad, then
        koenigsberg, which until 1945 was a german city."

I think that the reports that the Amber Room was seen in Koenigsberg
sometime between 1993 and late 1944 are quite believable, but that does
not mean that its disappearance "has little to do" with the German
invasion and occupation of Russia.

On the contrary the "Amber Room" was a star feature of a Russian Imperial
Palace 20 km. or so from St. Petersberg (Leningrad) for nearly 2
centuries until the Palace taken over as a military command
headquarters (which was then gutted by deliberate explosions and fires as
the German forces began to retreat), but in Koenigsberg for at the most
about 18 months.

Which is the better claim?

Patrick Boylan