Museum director on the breaking into the green vault: "What the supplier promised us did not hold"

They captured numerous jewelery with diamonds and diamonds: After the jewel theft in the green vault of the Dresden Residenzschlosses, the director of the treasury museum, Dirk Syndram, commented on the details of the security.

"Our security system was reviewed four years ago with the result: everything was fine," he said in an interview with the "Saxon newspaper". "It was almost like 'Mission Impossible' what they were doing."

Syndram was surprised at how quickly the glass of the showcase could be destroyed. "What the supplier of safety glass promised us, did not hold." Assume that you have to hit it with an ax for fifteen minutes before it can be damaged.

Unknown people had entered one of the barred windows in the Pretiosensaal of the famous museum. Then they ran purposefully into the jewel room, the most magnificent room of the Treasury Museum, established by the Saxon Elector and Polish King Augustus the Strong (1670-1733). A surveillance video released by the police shows two burglars entering the dark room with flashlights. One of them hits the display case with an ax.

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Meanwhile, the investigators still lack a concrete track to the perpetrators. There is no new state of affairs, said a police spokesman.

The day before the police had confirmed, among other things, that two fires immediately before and after the deed related to the burglary. To the case are received so far 91 references from the population, it was said. Images and videos related to the crime can also be shared with the police on a portal.

Meanwhile, forensics will continue. Experts of the State Art Collections (SKD) take stock of losses and damages. It must be looked at, such as pearls "have survived," said museum director Syndram. He was allowed on Tuesday for the first time to the scene and even take pictures. The looted showcase is not empty. "She shows" a battle field. "" We have to see how we can bring them to shine again. "

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By noon, Syndram wants to quantify the damage and give the police the most accurate descriptions of the losses "so that they can be recognized." According to an initial assessment, less of the three most valuable jewelery sets were stolen than had been feared. Some very important objects were gone, but others were not lost, it was said.

The guards in the Green Vault had not intervened because of the brutal action of the perpetrators of burglary in the treasury, said the head of the State Art Collections. They defended the actions of the two security guards in the security center after the triple alarm. They had been waiting for the police because of the brutal violence of the thieves visible on the video images and had not intervened.

Eight million euros are spent every year for security

According to SKD, there are several security centers in the castle, which are staffed around the clock with two persons each. Every year, eight million euros would be spent on security. Also, the training of security guards private security companies has been intensified. (Read more about the security dilemma of museums here.)

The Dresden Residenzschloss opened meanwhile again. The crowd of visitors was limited: "There are less than normal after the regular closing day," said a staff member at the box office in the small castle courtyard. The green vault remains closed.