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Jürgen Karpinski/Grünes Gewölbe, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
A few years ago, we wrote about an infamous theft of jewels from Dresden’s Green Vault in 2019 (you can find the post HERE). During the theft, burglars stole eleven irreplaceable and culturally significant pieces of Baroque jewelry, valued at over 113 million euros. The pieces contained more than 4,300 diamonds. Luckily, the brilliant objects were recovered and they just returned home.
This week, the jewels went back on display in their original locations. However, the legal twist is that the criminals are still subject to court proceedings and so the precious cultural items are still considered court property. The jewels were stolen by six German men, all in their 20s, from the same family.