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Crímenes y atracos
25 de noviembre de 2019 · Palacio Real de Dresde
Robo de arteEstado: Resuelto
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> 4.300diamonds in the 21 stolen pieces of jewellery
The Green Vault is the treasury that Elector Augustus the Strong had fitted out from 1723 and opened to the public as one of the first in Europe. The collection survived the Second World War and has been on display in the original rooms again since 2006. The stolen sets of brilliants and diamonds belong to the Saxon state and are, as an ensemble, practically unsaleable.
At about five in the morning on 25 November 2019 the street lighting near the castle went out because of a fire in a distribution box under a bridge. Two men climbed through a window whose grille had earlier been sawn through and glued back in place. Guards saw them on camera and called the police but, in line with protocol, did not intervene themselves. The thieves smashed a display case with an axe and drove off shortly afterwards.
The getaway car was found burnt out in an underground car park in Dresden. DNA traces and camera footage led to members of a Berlin family who had already been convicted of stealing a gold coin weighing a hundred kilograms from the Bode Museum in 2017. From November 2020 the police carried out raids in Berlin with hundreds of officers.
In December 2022 the suspects returned most of the jewellery through their lawyers, some of it damaged, as part of an agreement with the prosecution. In May 2023 five men received sentences of just over four to just over six years; one suspect was acquitted. A few pieces, including an epaulette with the 'Saxon White' diamond, are still missing. Security at Dresden's museums was reviewed.