Until December 1942, the majority of the 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 household furnishings belonging to Jews deported from Berlin were handed over to the Berliner Gebrauchtwarenhandel (Berlin’s second-hand goods trade) for resale.

Contracts with the Wirtschaftsgruppe Einzelhandel – Zweckgemeinschaft Gebrauchtwarenhandel (Retail Trade Economic Group – Special Association for the Used‑Goods Trade) regulated the formalities. The dealers were able to purchase the furnishings at fixed prices and resell them. Furniture, household goods, and textiles thus indirectly found their way into the households of non-Jewish Berliners. From the end of 1942, the distribution of the stolen goods to the Berlin population was taken over by the Hauptwirtschaftsamt(Main Economic Office, Berlin) From the end of 1942, it had privileged access to the expropriated property of deported Berlin Jews. More of the city of Berlin.