SKD want to thoroughly analyze the break-in at the Louvre

After the spectacular theft of historical jewels from the Louvre in Paris, the Dresden State Art Collections (SKD) want to thoroughly analyze and evaluate the incident. The local treasury, the Green Vault, was affected by a similar break-in in 2019. There is a comprehensive security concept in place, which is continuously reviewed and adapted in close cooperation with the state police and the state-owned company Sächsisches Immobilien- und Baumanagement, the SKD announced.

Improving security after the break-in in the Green Vault

"Extensive structural, technical, organizational and personnel measures were implemented to improve the security architecture, particularly after the break-in in the Historic Green Vault. Irrespective of this, regular vulnerability analyses are carried out, from which measures to increase security are derived where necessary," it said. They were shocked by the incidents in Paris and sympathize with their colleagues at the Louvre.

According to the public prosecutor's office, masked individuals had parked a truck equipped with a lifting platform next to the Louvre in Paris on Sunday morning. While two of the perpetrators waited on scooters on the street, the other two used the lift to get onto a balcony on the second floor and from there through a window into the museum. The thieves fled with eight precious pieces of jewelry from former queens and empresses - including tiaras, necklaces, earrings and brooches encrusted with precious stones.

Some of Dresden's most valuable pieces still missing

The burglary of the Green Vault in Dresden on November 25, 2019 is considered one of the most spectacular art thefts in Germany. The perpetrators stole 21 pieces of jewelry with diamonds and diamonds and also caused over one million euros in property damage. In May 2023, the Dresden Regional Court sentenced five young men from the Berlin Remmo clan to several years in prison. This was preceded by an agreement between the parties involved in the trial. Part of the agreement was also the return of a large part of the loot. However, there is still no trace of some of the most valuable items.