English Translation

820 - 42 - Jews with such lawsuits always success. Since in this situation there was no possibility of keeping the documents abroad, in some cases, in order to avoid the not insignificant costs of the trial, the Prague Benches were allowed to release such securities. The National Bank in Prague, for its part, made the acceptance of this concession conditional upon the payment to it from the domestic Jewish assets of 200% of the value of the securities to be released. The BdS joined the BdA in its common position that the payment of this 200% tax should be suspended (letter of 17.1.194o - II 179/4o/50 - Bd S). 22.) Great difficulties were also caused by the confiscation of the leavings of deceased Jews. In the Protectorate, as part of the Austrian legal system, the treatment of the property of the deceased is considered to be the so-called leaving patent. Then, after the death of the deceased, the leave procedure takes place, an exact and rather cumbersome procedure, which is usually carried out by a notary as a court commissary. The heirs come into possession of the inheritance after the completion of the leave procedure by issuing the instrument of response. Anyone who applies for the inheritance must submit the inheritance declaration to the court. He acquires the inheritance status only after the acceptance of this inheritance declaration by the competent court. In all cases, the property of deceased Jews was confiscated and thus the execution of the deportation, which was accompanied by considerable