Overview

• The Hamburg hotel staged the public opening to mark its 115th anniversary.
• Safe technician Jordan Caffrey spent hours cracking the two-meter vault, describing the job as difficult due to its age.
• The contents were a duty roster, a head porter’s business card, and a shuttle voucher, with the roster’s last entry dated 1990.
• Hotel leaders concluded the vault had been opened after World War II, and director Kathrin Wirth-Ueberschär voiced relief that no Nazi-era property was inside.
• Marketing head Susanna Strunk said the hotel still receives calls from the United States from people seeking ancestors’ belongings.