The Berliner Gebrauchtwarenhandel (Berlin’s second-hand goods trade) was the biggest commercial beneficiary of the expropriation of deportees’ property by the Vermögensverwertungsstelle at the OFP(Senior Finance President) Until 1937, Landesfinanzämter (regional finance offices). OFPs were the highest regional authorities responsible for the Reich’s financial administration. From the end of 1941, they were tasked with planning and carrying out the theft of property from deported Jews. More Berlin-Brandenburg. Certain retailers were granted exclusive access to the deportees’ household furnishings in contracts with the Wirtschaftsgruppe Einzelhandel. While “hochwertige” (high-quality) art and cultural assets were sold by selected auctioneers, “minderwertige Erzeugnisse” (inferior products(inferior products) Objects of fine art that were not considered valuable during the Nazi era. More) found their way into Berlin households via the shops of second-hand dealers.
