Value of emigrant assets declared and seized by the Nazi regime 1933-1937
Europe’s Jewish population, a large part of the pre-Holocaust persecution involved the financial ruination of Germany’s Jews. After assuming power, the Nazis then coerced Jews into fleeing the country, stripping them of their wealth in the process.
The German state’s persecution of the Jews escalated following Hitler’s ascent to power in 1933. While the Holocaust ultimately resulted in the Nazi regime murdering two thirds of