The Green Vault in the eastern German city of Dresden will soon be displaying jewels, which were stolen from it in 2019, from their original display cases.
Media representatives have been invited to the presentation on Tuesday in Dresden’s Royal Palace Museum.
The break-in at Saxony’s famous museum on November 25, 2019 is considered one of Germany’s most spectacular art thefts.
The assailants stole 21 pieces of opulent jewellery stored at the palace, which is one of the oldest buildings in Dresden and home to one of Europe’s largest collections of treasures.
They caused more than $1 million worth of damage when they set fire to an electricity distribution box in Dresden’s Old Town and to a getaway car in the underground car park of a residential building to cover their tracks.
In May 2023, the Dresden District Court sentenced five young men from the Berlin Remmo clan to several years in prison.
The sentencing was preceded by an agreement between the parties involved in the trial, which involved the return of a large part of the loot, but there is still no trace of some of the most valuable items.
