Typed Nazi SS tax memo about assets confiscated from a Jewish woman

The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures. 

The letter was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the Katz Family. 

Typed Nazi SS tax memo about assets confiscated from a Jewish woman 

overall: Height: 11.675 inches (29.655 cm) | Width: 8.125 inches (20.638 cm) 

Typed letter on SS Nazi Party letterhead from the head of the Tax Office, Mountain Brigade 96 in Austria concerning the confiscated of assets from Jews in Austria. The letter records the amount received from Anne Wollner of Leoben, about whom nothing further is known. Nazi Germany annexed Austria in March 1938, an event met with approval by most of the populace. Anti-Jewish policies were enacted, stripping Jews of their civil rights, their jobs, and their property. The November 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom was exceptionally violent in Austria. Most of the synagogues were burned, Jewish businesses and homes were vandalized, and thousands were sent to Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps. By 1940, about 117,00 of the 192,000 Jews had left Austria. Mass deportations began in October 1941, and by November 1942, only about 7000 Jews remained. This letter is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.Jews had emigrated. 

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Letterhead stationary with 2 holes punched in the left side with German text in black ink typed in standard memorandum format: preprinted letterhead and headings, typed date, body, closing, and illegible signature in ink. The back is blank. top right, rectangular stamp, blue ink : Finanzamt Le[oben?] / eingelangt am / 13. JULI 1938 [Financial office Leoben / arrived at July 31, 1938] top right, pencil and blue pencil : 100,- / 19 / 13 top, typed : An das / Finanzmant / Leoben. [To the Tax Office Leoben.] center, typed, black ink : Von der SA-Brigade 96 wurden folgende Be- / träge von Juden beschlagnahmt: / Von Anne Wollner, Leoben : / 1.) Ein Bankbuch mit Betrag von Sch. 20.oo8.41 / 2.) Ein Barbetrag von" 7.220.- - [The following were confiscated by the SA brigade 96: / By Anne Wollner, Leoben: / 1.) A bank account with the amount of Sch. 20.oo8.41 / 2.) A cash amount of"7,220.- -] bottom, typed, black ink: Heil Hitler ! / Der Kassenverwalter der Brigade 96: / m.d.k.W.d.G.b. / i. V. / Verw. Obersturmführer [Heil Hitler! / The Treasurer of Brigade 96: / m.d.k.W.g.b. / I. V. / Management of Obersturmführer]