Admiral Canaris, chief of defense, had problems with Adolf Hitler. He told him to move to Castle Lauenstein for a "period of changes". The rules for his stay there were: ,,free to move on the castle grounds - no contact to the outside population ,,.

Not only Canaris was on Castle Lauenstein, but also the Department of Economy (VI-Wi) of the RSHA (Reichssicherheitshauptamt). Experts were busy counterfeiting passports and dollar bills as well as developing new secret inks, mikro cameras and copy machines. The Castle Commander Focke, Secret Service Officer in the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, moved millions outside the country, together with the managers of IG Farben.

About 10 miles from Castle Lauenstein, IG Farben had begun to prepare the underground rooms of the slate mine ,,Gl�ckauf-Brand" in order to use them for the underground production of gasoline. (secret code name Steinbock). The rooms had been used as secret deposits instead, since it was too late to start a war production.

Also on the Castle Lauenstein was SD-Hauptsturmf�hrer Hansch. He was responsible for the hiding of the last secret transports with the counterfeiting tools and several trucks full of pound bills. He also participated in the "Aktion Bernhard". The tools were made in the Chemigraphical Institute of the SD in Friedenthal near Sachsenhausen. Hansch was the head of the SD Bewachungskommandos for the "Aktion Bernhard".

The General Major of the police, Walter Schellenberg, also visited Castle Lauenstein more than once. He was also the head of the "Amt VI" and lead the transfer of millions for the secret service on order of the monopolies.

Mr. Storckmann, a member of the SS with unknown grade, was "driver for special transports" in 1945 on the Castle Lauenstein. He would be able to report a lot, if he would still be alive. Other drivers have been Stabsfeldwebel Tepfer and Firmenich.

Shortly before his violent death, the investigator Georg Stein from Hamburg found out, that the radio message about the hiding of the Amber Room was sent from Castle Lauenstein. Soon after his discovery, he was found killed in a forest in Southern Bavaria. Several people tried making it look like a suicide but the photos speak a clear language and the police record about his death is missing. For this and other reasons, the Amber Room Organisation today mostly supports the theory of the K.A.K.T.U.S. group, which discovered several secret deposits in the slate mines close to the castle.

All latest results of investigation are leading us to this area as the last hiding place for the Amber Room and other missed things...