Nazi Art Looting in the Records of the Vermögensverwertungsstelle Berlin
Forwarding companies and warehouses benefited in many ways from the theft of property during the Nazi era.
Name: Berthold Jacoby – Internationale speziell überseeische Möbeltransporte, Stadt- und Ferntransporte, Möbellagerhäuser
Owner: Paul Meier
Duration: Unknown
Business address(es): Rudolstädter Straße 53/55 Berlin (Wilmersdorf); Kaiserstraße 41, Berlin (Tempelhof); Hoheluftchaussee 153, Hamburg
Traces in the files: Stored, in particular, the removal goods of emigrants intended for shipment
Name: A. Schäfer Spedition & Möbeltransport
Duration: Founded in 1851, ‘Aryanised’ in 1939
Business address(es): Wilhelmsaue 36, Berlin (Wilmersdorf)
Traces in the files: Stored, in particular, the removal goods of emigrants intended for shipment
Forwarding companies and warehouses benefited in many ways from the theft of property during the Nazi era. On the one hand, they earned additional income when stored items were no longer picked up by their owners. This applied both to removal goods that could no longer be taken out of the country and to items that persecuted Jews were unable to take with them due to forced moves to small and overcrowded apartments. On the other hand, they earned money by transporting the stored items to auction houses or by auctioning off storage and removal goods themselves on behalf of the Vermögensverwertungsstelle.
