Tsar‘s Palace in Krasnoye Selo, 1941
The Catherine Palace building in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) sustained severe damage from Soviet artillery fire during the war. Prior to this, however, the palace’s interior had been thoroughly looted by the German occupying forces. The famous "Amber Room," for instance, vanished without a trace—save for two tiny remnants—and was presumably destroyed.
The building suffered heavy damage during the war; this followed a systematic looting by German occupiers, during which the famous Amber Room, among other things, disappeared. A valuable historical account is provided by an eyewitness who served in the Leningrad region for three years and was in the immediate vicinity of the palace when the massive Soviet artillery bombardment took place. He described the building as a target that was easily identifiable to enemy artillery due to its distinctive architecture; consequently, no German soldiers remained there at the time of the shelling.
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