The jewels that were stolen from the historic Green Vault in Dresden almost five years ago and later returned are back in the Saxon Treasury Museum. They are displayed unrestored in the condition in which the thieves returned them in late 2022. They are still evidence in the ongoing trial.
In the special light of her jewelry display case, the pieces shine like the others that did not fall into the hands of the jewelry thieves. Damage is only visible if you look closely. “We currently assume that all the pieces can be restored,” explains Marion Ackermann, general director of the Dresden State Art Collections.
The concept for this is being developed together with international experts. However, they still form evidence in ongoing criminal proceedings related to the criminal case, which also made international headlines.
1000 free tickets are offered
Visitors can view them from Wednesday, and from Thursday the opening hours will be extended to 8 p.m. Access to the reconstructed rooms on the ground floor of the residential palace is only possible with timed tickets – 1,000 free tickets are now being raffled online.
The art theft on November 25, 2019 is considered one of the most spectacular in Germany. The perpetrators stole 21 unique historical jewelry pieces made of diamonds and brilliants and caused more than one million euros in damage.
Three important pieces are still missing
Five young men were sentenced to prison in May 2023 by the Dresden Regional Court for the theft and arson of a getaway car in the underground parking garage of an apartment building and a power distributor. At the end of the evidence collection, they had returned most of the loot via their lawyers, but there is still no trace of three prominent objects with large stones.
Source: Krone
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