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Amber mining in hard conditions Hermann Brachert (Stuttgart 1890 - 1972 Schlaitdorf), Konigsberg. Tea caddy, circa 1935. H. 14.9 cm. Bowl made by StPM Berlin. Porcelain, white, glazed, silver, amber. Marked: Maker#s mark, Czech hallmark, 900 BF. Benislavskii R.A., Kwashnin A.I., USSR Clock "The Epoch", early 1960s. A German energy company has offered to pay $3.5 million to reconstruct one of Russia's most famous treasures, St. Petersburg's Amber Room, which was stolen by the Nazis during World War II and believed to have been destroyed. From German WWII Königsberg State Amber Manufactory Prizes and Honor Booklet Although amber was expensive and the people were poor, few dared to pick it up from the beaches. If they were caught, they were hanged “on the nearest tree,” “ohne Berhörung und Frage”—without hearing or questioning. This was not idle rumor. Grunovii had seen several bodies swinging from branches. amber miners being body-searched at the end of their shift A vendor offers amber jewelry in a kiosk at Russia's Khrabrovo airport on Thursday.ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP - Getty Images


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