Art theft - Stolen jewels to be seen in the Green Vault from Wednesday
More than four and a half years after the theft of jewels from the Historic Green Vault in Dresden, the parts of the loot returned by the thieves are back in Saxony's famous Treasure Chamber Museum. On Tuesday, the Saxon State Art Collections (SKD) presented the previously unrestored jewelry pieces in their original display case in the Jewel Room.
With the museum's opening the following day, they will be on public view. The opening hours have been extended. Access to the reconstructed rooms on the ground floor of the Residenzschloss is only possible with timed tickets.
However, the returned jewels are still in the condition in which investigators found them shortly before Christmas 2022 in a Berlin law firm: some damaged and incomplete. They are evidence in ongoing criminal proceedings and are still under the control of the Dresden Regional Court, their condition must not be altered.
Spectacular Theft in 2019
The art theft on November 25, 2019, is considered one of the most spectacular in Germany. The thieves made off with 21 unique historical jewelry pieces made of diamonds and rubies, causing over one million euros in damage.
In May 2023, five young men from the Berlin Remmo clan were sentenced to prison terms for the break-in and arson of an escape car in the underground garage of a residential building and power distribution systems, the verdict has since become final.
At the end of the evidence hearing, they handed over the majority of the loot through their lawyers. However, three prominent objects with large stones remain untraceable.
The Jewel Room will open to the public the day after the presentation, revealing the returned jewels under their extended opening hours. Visitors can only access the reconstructed rooms on the ground floor with timed tickets.
