Documentation from Finanzaemter (Finance Ministry local units) in Hessen

Documentation from Finanzaemter (Finance Ministry local units) in Hessen 

Financial accounts Inventory list Official documentation Record of deportees Record of murdered persons Record of persecuted persons Record of survivors 

Documentation from the Finanzaemter (Finance Ministry) local units in Hessen In the collection is documentation from Finanzaemter 11 in the Hessen-Darmstadt province: Bensheim, Beerfelden, Friedberg, Fuerth i. Odenwald, Giessen, Gross Gerau, Gruenberg, Hungen, Lauterbach, Michelstadt and Offenbach. For information regarding each of the Finance Ministry offices in the collection and the material that was copied from the office for Yad Vashem, see the file:"M.55\Hessen G 36 Finanzaemter Bestandsübersichten (alle).pd" in the Multimedia page. The overall majority of the files in the collection are private files of Jews and Jewish families. The files include much information regarding the confiscation of the Jews' property, mainly after deportation to the East or emigration. The collection also has lists of property (including detailed lists of personal property) and tax reports. In many of the files there is also information regarding the deportation or emigration, and there is often information as well regarding the fate of the Jews after their deportation. On occasion, the files include correspondence regarding claims for compensation after the war. The collection is an important source of information regarding the living conditions of the Jews during the Nazi rule and the Aryanization of their personal property. 

HESSISCHES STAATSARCHIV DARMSTADT 

Signature: G 36