Objects identified by experts as “jüdisches Kulturgut(Jewish cultural assets) Term defined by the National Socialists for cultural assets such as works of art or books that were produced and used by people who were persecuted as Jews. More”, including works of art and books, were not allowed to be “verwertet“Verwertung” (liquidation) refers to all measures taken by the Reich financial administration to transfer stolen assets to the state treasury and, if necessary, convert material goods into cash. More” at public auctions. Some of these cultural assets ended up with other Nazi authorities, such as the office of Reichsleiter Rosenberg or the Central Library of the Reichsicherheitshauptamtes (Reich Security Main Office(Reich Security Main Office) Central police authority in Nazi Germany, founded in September 1939. The RSHA combined the state security police and the SS security service. More), which specifically collected “jüdisches Kulturgut(Jewish cultural assets) Term defined by the National Socialists for cultural assets such as works of art or books that were produced and used by people who were persecuted as Jews. More”. Less valuable objects were to be destroyed. Nevertheless, the files of the Vermögensverwertungsstelle contain isolated instances of JudaicaCollective term for rare Jewish handicrafts, ritual and sacred objects, and literature dealing with Jewish religion or culture. More in the documents of public auctions. This suggests that the objects were not identified as such by the Nazi officials.

The information on “jüdisches Kulturgut(Jewish cultural assets) Term defined by the National Socialists for cultural assets such as works of art or books that were produced and used by people who were persecuted as Jews. More” in the files of the Vermögensverwertungsstelle is limited to the information deemed most necessary from the perspective of the Nazi financial administration.