The Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda (Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda) under Joseph Goebbels was given privileged access to confiscatedBy confiscating assets, government officials initially deprived owners of the authority to dispose of their bank accounts, household furnishings, securities, etc., which were placed under state administration. More records and record players during the plundering of Jewish people deported from Berlin. Retailers had to offer these to government inspector Staiger free of charge and hand them over if necessary.