# Levy 2004: The amber facade > Adrian Levy, Catherine Scott-Clark, 2004. 22 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Primary quotations from the Soviet record as published. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4N2JFG45ND/the-amber-facade Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Amber Room](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room)Levy 2004 **0** # The amber facade Adrian Levy, Catherine Scott-Clark, 2004. _The Guardian, 22 May 2004_. Extract from the book: Kuchumov's 1941 diary (the panels shattered when moved, so the room was papered over), his March 1946 Königsberg mission, the three burned mosaics found "covered in three layers of ash" in the Knights' Hall, the January 1945 letter about evacuation to Saxony, and the secret digs of 1949 to 1958. **Amber Room** ArticleChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here Primary quotations from the Soviet record as published. ## Cited by on this site 22 records [The crates were moved out of the castle before April 1945 and hidden or lost (a Saxon castle, a mine, a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/answers/ANS0D4N2WFT37RG/the-crates-were-moved-out-of-the-castle-before-april-1945) Answer ANS [The investigators themselves doubted the destruction because one mosaic was missing and because of the German…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/answers/ANS0D4N2ZDJ66JG/the-investigators-themselves-doubted-the-destruction-because) Answer ANS [Alexander Brusov's report on the search of Königsberg Castle (1945)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/artifacts/ART0D4N33T62TC9/alexander-brusovs-report-on-the-search-of-konigsberg-castle) ART [Letter of 12 January 1945 on evacuating the crated room to Saxony](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/artifacts/ART0D4N342023GZ/letter-of-12-january-1945-on-evacuating-the-crated-room-to) ART [Three burned Florentine mosaics and metal fittings from the Knights' Hall](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/artifacts/ART0D4N32BA15DC/three-burned-florentine-mosaics-and-metal-fittings-from-the) ART [A 12 January 1945 letter planned evacuation to Saxony, so intent to move it existed.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N2W806XW6/a-12-january-1945-letter-planned-evacuation-to-saxony-so) Evidence EVD [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) Evidence EVD [Kuchumov found three of the four mosaics 'totally burned and discoloured' under ash in the Knights' Hall in…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N2V8R42A8/kuchumov-found-three-of-the-four-mosaics-totally-burned-and) Evidence EVD [Kuchumov recovered three burned mosaics in 1946.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N30WE18HM/kuchumov-recovered-three-burned-mosaics-in-1946) Evidence EVD [Kuchumov wrote that the missing fourth mosaic gave him hope the crates had been stored elsewhere.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N2ZNC6DET/kuchumov-wrote-that-the-missing-fourth-mosaic-gave-him-hope) Evidence EVD [Kuchumov's private papers show a decades-long search that found nothing, and a 2003 reconstruction was built…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N2Y6G3EFD/kuchumovs-private-papers-show-a-decades-long-search-that) Evidence EVD [The January 1945 evacuation letter.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N2WQM7XH6/the-january-1945-evacuation-letter) Evidence EVD [The search was secret from 1949 and publicised from 1958 with a newspaper appeal; a team worked 1967 to 1984.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N2Z5R14AQ/the-search-was-secret-from-1949-and-publicised-from-1958) Evidence EVD [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) Evidence EVD [A letter plans evacuation of the crated room to Saxony; the last train leaves 22 January](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/events/EVT0D4N2QVC6TXP/a-letter-plans-evacuation-of-the-crated-room-to-saxony-the) EVT [Kaliningradskaya Pravda announces the search and appeals for information](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/events/EVT0D4N2RJT320G/kaliningradskaya-pravda-announces-the-search-and-appeals-for) EVT [Kuchumov finds three burned mosaics in the Knights' Hall](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/events/EVT0D4N2RB03CRK/kuchumov-finds-three-burned-mosaics-in-the-knights-hall) EVT [The reconstructed room is unveiled by Putin and Schröder](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/events/EVT0D4N2SJ27K1Z/the-reconstructed-room-is-unveiled-by-putin-and-schroder) EVT [Anatoly Kuchumov](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/people/FIG0D4N2P4P0F04/anatoly-kuchumov) FIG [The Amber Room](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room) The mystery article MYS [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) Question QST [Why did the Soviet Union search for forty years if its own experts said the room had burned?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/questions/QST0D4N2THA3RYV/why-did-the-soviet-union-search-for-forty-years-if-its-own) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Levy, A., & Scott-Clark, C. (2004). The amber facade. The Guardian, 22 May 2004. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/may/22/art.russia ``` [Read it free at theguardian.com](https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/may/22/art.russia) Key **SRC** 0D4N2JFG45ND Kind Journal article Rights The publisher's Kept 29 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published article Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D4N2JFG45ND/the-amber-facade/csl.json)