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Bernhard Schlüter

Name: Bernhard Schlüter

Duration: Auctioneer in Berlin since 1919, according to his own statements, he conducted „vorwiegend Pfandversteigerungen u. Versteigerungen für Behörden“ (mainly pawn auctions and auctions for public authorities).

Business address: Grunewaldstraße 70, Berlin (Schöneberg); Leipziger Straße 19, Berlin W 8 (Mitte)

Traces in the files: From 1941 to 1943, he conducted auctions of stolen property: first on behalf of the Finanzamt Moabit-West (Moabit-West tax office) and then on behalf of the Vermögensverwertungsstelle (Asset realisation office), including entire home furnishings

Printed letterhead in Gothic script — Letterhead of auctioneer Bernhard Schlüter. BLHA, Rep. 36A (II) 36160, fol. 18.

Auktionshaus Alfred Berkhan

Name: Auktionshaus Alfred Berkhan

Owner: Alfred Berkhan

Duration: At least since 1928

Business address: Spichernstraße 3, Berlin W 50 (Mitte)

Traces in the files: Auctions of art objects and home furnishings

Excerpt from a document with pre-printed letterhead — Letterhead Alfred Berkhan. BLHA, Rep. 36A (II) 13095, fol. 16

Excerpt from a page in the address book. Rectangle containing name (partially in capital letters), address and contact details. — Entry in the 1942 Berlin address book. Berliner Adressbuch 1942, Teil II, p. 650.

Willy Kulka Internationale- und Überseetransporte, Spedition + Möbeltransport + Speicherei

Name: Willy Kulka Internationale- und Überseetransporte, Spedition + Möbeltransport + Speicherei

Owner: Willy Kulka

Duration: Established 1909

Business address: Bamberger Straße 51, Berlin W 50 (Mitte)

Traces in the files: Storage and transport of emigrants' belongings.

Excerpt from a page in the address book. Name in large letters, with address and contact details below. — Entry for Willy Kulka in the 1941 Berlin address book. Berliner Adressbuch 1941, Teil II, S. 398.

Edmund Vetter Internationale Spedition

Name: Edmund Vetter Internationale Spedition

Duration: Still active after 1945.

Business address(es): Mittelstraße 30 /Schadowstraße 2, Berlin NW 7 (Mitte)

Traces in the files: Stored emigrants' belongings. So far, only found in approximately 20 files of the Vermögensverwertungsstelle (Asset Realisation Office).

The haulage company’s printed letterhead — Letterhead of the Edmund Vetter shipping company. BLHA, Rep. 36A (II) 13057, fol. 27

Schenker & Co.

Name: Schenker & Co.

Duration: 1872 until today. 1931 Takeover by the Deutsche Reichsbahn, from then on exclusive rights for delivery and collection for rail transport.

Business address(es): Ritterstraße 98/99, Berlin SW 68 (Kreuzberg); Speersort, Hamburg

Traces in the files: Transport and storage of confiscated belongings of emigrants and deportees.

Excerpt from a page in the address book. Name in capital letters, with address and contact details below — Entry in the Berlin address book, 1942. Berliner Adressbuch 194, Teil II, p. 433

Kopania u. Co.

Name: Kopania u. Co.

Owner: Bruno Altrichter (1942)

Duration: Founded in 1908, until today. Still family-owned.

Business address(es): Bergstraße 91, Berlin (Steglitz)

Traces in the files: Transport and storage of confiscated belongings of emigrants and deportees

W. Heimann KG für Internationale Speditionen

Name: W. Heimann KG für Internationale Speditionen; ab 1941: INTRAG Internationale Transport Gesellschaft

Duration: Since 1931. 1941 „Arisierung“ (Aryanisation) by INTRAG Internationale Transport Gesellschaft

Business address(es): Lindenstraße 69, Berlin SW 68 (Kreuzberg)

Traces in the files: Mainly stored removal goods for emigrants intended for shipment. The files clearly show the date of „Arisierung“: the name was changed in 1941, but the address remained the same.

Printed letterhead in black — Letterhead of the W. Heimann shipping company. BLHA, Rep. 36A (II) 3937, fol. 6.

Haberling, Robert Haberling & Co, Internationale Spedition – Lagerhäuser

Name: Haberling, Robert Haberling & Co, Internationale Spedition - Lagerhäuser

Duration: 1907 to the present day

Business address(es): Kreuzbergstraße 39, Berlin SW 61 (Kreuzberg)

Traces in the files: Transport and storage of home furnishings, including several cases of art objects

Excerpt from a document, letterhead. Red and blue typewritten text. — Letterhead Haberling, Rep. 36A (II) 9601, fol. 14

Gustav Knauer Spedition – Möbeltransport – Lagerung

Name: Gustav Knauer Spedition – Möbeltransport – Lagerung

Duration: Unkown

Business address(es): Wichmannstraße 7-8, Berlin W 62 (Tiergarten); 8 Rue Halévy, Paris; Walfischgasse 15, Wien; Friedrich-Karl-Straße 21, Breslau (today Wrocław))

Traces in the files: Frequent transport of works of art. There was an art department set up specifically for transporting art. Some of the files contain originals of the storage lists of removal goods at the Gustav Knauer company.

Excerpt from a document, letterhead with addresses — Letterhead Gustav Knauer. Rep. 36A (II) 2373, fol. 7a

Adolf Göritz Möbeltransport

Name: Adolf Göritz Möbeltransport

Duration: Established in 1906

Business address(es): Adalbertstraße 7, Berlin SO 36 (Kreuzberg)

Traces in the files: Stored removal goods or even entire home furnishings. On the instructions of the Nazi authorities, transported goods from his warehouse to the Kottbusser Ufer, for example, for liquidation. As a „Bombengeschädigter“ (bomb victim), acquired property belonging to those who had been persecuted.

Letterhead of the Adolf Göritz shipping company. BLHA, Rep. 36A (II) 5977, fol. 75

Black-and-white print advertisement. — Entry for the Adolf Göritz haulage firm in the 1942 Berlin Directory. Berlin Directory 1942, p. 432