The Sale of Confi scated Jewish Immovable Property in Serbia During World War II for Financing War Damages to Germans
Th e Sale of Confi scated Jewish Immovable Property in Serbia During World War II for Financing War Damages to Germans
Author(s): Dragan AleksićSubject(s): History of the Holocaust, History of Antisemitism
Published by: HESPERIAedu
Keywords: Jewish property, Jewish community; war damages; Commissariat for Jewish immovable property; auction
Summary/Abstract: This paper describes two financial operations German occupational authorities in Serbia undertook and performed simultaneously in order to finance German war production. The first one is confiscating and selling Jewish immovable property, at first directly through German institutions, later through Serbian Državna hipotekarna banka Bank. The second one is payment of war damages to Germans in Serbia and Banat, citizens of the Reich and Kingdom of Yugoslavia, personally or to their firms, they incurred between March 27, 1941 and the end of April war.
Journal: LIMESplus
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 21-38
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English