Die Zentralstelle für Jüdische Auswanderung als Beraubungsinstitution

Contends that the combining of expulsion and deportation of Jews with the plundering of their property represents a fundamental aspect of Nazi anti-Jewish policy. The initial goal was to force emigration, but impose limits on the flow of Jewish capital from the country. The Anschluss in Austria marked a radicalization concerning the policy of expulsion, due to the strong Catholic roots of antisemitism and the participation of large sectors of the population in the persecution and divestiture. Under the direction of Eichmann, who installed the Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung in Vienna in 1938, Jewish organizations were centralized and restructured, and finally served as the base for all anti-Jewish measures. The Zentralstelle kept its original name even when it became the head office for deportation. The period of forced emigration ended in October 1941. By this time, 130,000 Jews had emigrated; 16,000 among them were later caught in other European countries. The stolen funds of émigrées, and later of deportees, served the Zentralstelle to finance the Final Solution. The Zentralstelle was dissolved in spring 1942. Afterward, the Gestapo dealt with the ca. 8,000 Jews who remained in Vienna. Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-383). 383 pages ; 21 cm.