Another German museum hit by robbers, jewelry stolen. Image via AP.
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Another German museum robbed, jewelry stolen

Only days after the Green Vault museum in Dresden was struck by thieves who took millions of euros' worth of diamonds, the Stasi museum in Berlin was broken into and robbed. The burglars stole medals from the communist period and other jewelry estimated to cost thousands of euros.

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Tue Dec 03 - TheGuardian

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