# The crates were moved out of the castle before April 1945 and hidden or lost (a Saxon castle, a mine, a…

> Disputed: The crates were moved out of the castle before April 1945 and hidden or lost (a Saxon castle, a mine, a bunker, a ship).

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# The crates were moved out of the castle before April 1945 and hidden or lost (a Saxon castle, a mine, a…

The crates were moved out of the castle before April 1945 and hidden or lost (a Saxon castle, a mine, a bunker, a ship).

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, three against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A transport record, a hiding place with crates of amber, or a wreck with amber cargo.
- Witness accounts converge on one route.

## What would rule it out

- Castle excavation finds the panels' remains in the April 1945 fire layer.

## Evidence 1 for · 3 against

[The January 1945 evacuation letter.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N2WQM7XH6/the-january-1945-evacuation-letter)

Suggestive

FOR

[After 22 January 1945 rail links were cut; Kuchumov judged the heavy crates could have gone no farther than…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N2WZE2AW1/after-22-january-1945-rail-links-were-cut-kuchumov-judged)

Supported

AGAINST

[Every announced location (1998 mine and lagoon, 2016 Mamerki, 2020 Karlsruhe wreck) has failed; the Karlsruhe…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N2X783Y9H/every-announced-location-1998-mine-and-lagoon-2016-mamerki)

Supported

AGAINST

[Three of the four mosaics, which travelled with the room, were in the castle fire.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N2XF236JC/three-of-the-four-mosaics-which-travelled-with-the-room-were)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What happened to the Amber Room after January 1945?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/questions/QST0D4N2T9G2V5M/what-happened-to-the-amber-room-after-january-1945)

Most likelyThe crated room burned in Königsberg Castle between 9 and 11 April 1945

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The crates were moved out of the castle before April 1945 and hidden or lost (a Saxon castle, a mine, a… [Answer ANS0D4N2WFT37RG]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D4N2WFT37RG
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