# Art-Law Centre n.d.: Sammlung 101 – City of Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen and Russia (ArThemis case note)

> University of Geneva Art-Law Centre, n.d.. 11 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The documented account of what was recovered and how it returned.

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# Sammlung 101 – City of Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen and Russia (ArThemis case note)

University of Geneva Art-Law Centre, n.d.. _ArThemis, Art-Law Centre, University of Geneva_.

A legal case note on the 2000 exchange: the Amber Room mosaic "Sense of Smell and Touch" (1716) and an 18th-century chest of drawers, confiscated in Bremen and Berlin after the mosaic was offered for auction on behalf of Hans Achtermann, were handed to Russia on 29 April 2000; Bremen received the "Sammlung 101" drawings on 30 April 2000. Sets out the 1990 and 1992 treaties, the 1995 Duma moratorium and the 1998 Russian law.

**Amber Room** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The documented account of what was recovered and how it returned.

## Cited by on this site 11 records

[One Florentine mosaic and one chest of drawers, taken from the room in 1941 by a German soldier, are the only…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/answers/ANS0D4N30CT1Z8C/one-florentine-mosaic-and-one-chest-of-drawers-taken-from)

Answer

ANS

[Chest of drawers from the Amber Room (18th century)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/artifacts/ART0D4N323G7KT0/chest-of-drawers-from-the-amber-room-18th-century)

ART

[Florentine mosaic "Sense of Smell and Touch" (1716)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/artifacts/ART0D4N31VP6DQF/florentine-mosaic-sense-of-smell-and-touch-1716)

ART

[The fourth mosaic turned out to have been taken by a soldier in 1941, not stored with the room.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N2ZX61FGX/the-fourth-mosaic-turned-out-to-have-been-taken-by-a-soldier)

Evidence

EVD

[The mosaic offered in Bremen for Hans Achtermann and a chest of drawers were confiscated and returned to…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N30MM60JJ/the-mosaic-offered-in-bremen-for-hans-achtermann-and-a-chest)

Evidence

EVD

[The soldier's family held the mosaic for over fifty years before it surfaced.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/evidence/EVD0D4N31C25D9X/the-soldiers-family-held-the-mosaic-for-over-fifty-years)

Evidence

EVD

[Bremen hands the mosaic and chest of drawers to Russia](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/events/EVT0D4N2SA81GQA/bremen-hands-the-mosaic-and-chest-of-drawers-to-russia)

EVT

[The fourth mosaic is offered for sale in Bremen and confiscated](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/events/EVT0D4N2S2E61VS/the-fourth-mosaic-is-offered-for-sale-in-bremen-and)

EVT

[Hans Achtermann](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/people/FIG0D4N2PMA3NJ4/hans-achtermann)

FIG

[The Amber Room](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room)

The mystery article

MYS

[What has actually been recovered from the original room?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/amber-room/questions/QST0D4N2TS43SMR/what-has-actually-been-recovered-from-the-original-room)

Question

QST

## Cite it

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Art-Law Centre, U. o. G. (n.d.). Sammlung 101 – City of Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen and Russia (ArThemis case note). ArThemis, Art-Law Centre, University of Geneva. https://plone.unige.ch/art-adr/cases-affaires/sammlung-101-city-of-bremen-kunsthalle-bremen-and-russia-1
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