English Translation

Small or no funds were available, sold as a sham, while the Jews actually continued to dominate the company economically. Often the intention of the transfer of assets arose from the fact that land and businesses were sold far below their actual value. 3.) Ensuring the Jewish fortunes resulted in a multitude of new tasks for the preservation of guaranteed values, should they not be diminished or even destroyed by improper administration and non-monitoring in their substance. The officials responsible for these tasks were confronted with problems which would have been a matter for finance or other administrative bodies. However, in the Protectorate there was no body that would have taken this responsible and difficult work off the shoulders of the state police. It had to deal with this problem itself, since the situation in this country was very different from that in the Old Kingdom or in the newly annexed areas. It over time established its own guidelines on the management and utilization of the confiscated values. The principle was that the economy in the Protectorate should not be harmed by measures that were adopted and that the gains should be managed as cheaply as possible. This attitude has worked so well for the management of the assets that it was found to be exemplary and cost-saving even by the Court of Auditors, which has repeatedly carried out checks on the business administration. H (*t Am 4.lo.1939 appeared the decree of the Reichsminister of the interior concerning the seizure and confiscation of assets in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (I 1998), by which it was determined that the Reich Protector in Bohemia and Mähren or the places designated by it property of persons