Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland: Records

The Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland was established on 4 July 1939 under the 10th decree of the Nazi’s Reich citizenship law. The organization came under the authority of the Reich Security Main Office, in particular the Gestapo. Its purpose was to identify and to prepare for emigration all of Germany’s Jewish population. It differed from the organization which it replaced, the Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden, in that it was an organ of the Nazi authorities, although it retained some of the former’s key officers. The Reichsvereinigung was terminated on 10 June 1943 and most of its officials were deported to the East. The elements of the reference numbering comprise the collection number (57) followed by the microfiche number. Note also that the numbers in the personal name index refer to microfiche. <p>This finding aid is the result of a stage-by-stage series of arranging and indexing processes which could only be completed as recently as 1989.<br /></p><p>The collection “Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland” is a fragmentary sub-collection (18 shelf meters) covering the years 1939 - 1945. Some of the files date back to the early thirties: the so-called “Vorakten” (background files) by attorneys and by the Gesellschaft zur Förderung wirtschaftlicher Interessen von in Deutschland wohnhaften oder wohnhaft gewesenen Juden GmbH“/FWI (Association for assistance in financial matters of Jews residing in Germany).<br /><br />Among the items of the collection you can also find various kinds of deportees’ personal documents, such as genealogical tables and other kinds of records of a person’s marital status, attestations, last wills and testaments, certificates required by employment law etc. All of these documents had been given to the Reichsvereinigung for safe keeping by the victims prior to their deportation. Some of these documents had been sealed in envelopes containing the name and in some cases the person’s transport number. As a matter of course, they are legally still part of the deportees’ personal belongings and therefore cannot really (i. e. from a legal point of view) be considered a part of the collection “Reichsvereinigung”. However, for the sake of the processing of the items, it is reasonable and appropriate to associate them with the collection because of the evident connection concerning the contents. Note that the index of names includes references to deported Jews’ personal papers.</p><p>Regarding the allocation of files on administration of assets owned by emigrated Jews (these originated from attorneys’ chambers and later on from the FWI, respectively) the main object again was to retain subject related material in one and the same place, regardless of a possible final processing by the “Abteilung für Vermögensverwaltung der RV” (RV department for management of assets). <br /><br />In the early sixties, when archiving of the items started, a categorisation according to provenance was introduced of the Berliner Gemeinde documents governed by the Deutsches Zentralarchiv (which later on became the Zentrales Staatsarchiv). <br /><br />By 1967, approximately half of the collection was processed and a fundamental system of sorting the collection had emerged. It was based on the type of the main tasks of the Reichsvereinigung, focussing on tasks related to emigration and deportation and handling of assets. It was supplemented and extended in the course of the resumed indexing work on previously not analyzed items in 1989. In terms of a desired functionality of archiving, the RVs system of filing and keeping records had to a certain extent not been very useful, so you might come across overlaps. These overlaps couldn’t be completely avoided, but have been marked by references (where this can be considered to be of importance). <br /></p><p>A considerable number of files were in a very bad state when they were included into the Deutsche Zentralarchiv, due to improper storage. As a result of this, at the same time as the archiving work that started in 1959, restoration of some files and groups of files started and was continued selectively. The microfilming of the collection in 1992 was another means of preserving the original documents. </p><p>Contents:<br /> <br />57/1-129<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Organisation und Geschäftsbetrieb</span></p><p>57/1-11<br />Vorstand. Allgemeines. (Protokolle, Personalia, Haushalt, Fürsorge, Organisation, Rechtslage, Unterstützungen)</p><p>57/12-24<br />Durchfürhungsbestimmungen für Gesetze und Verordnungen; innerdienstliche Verfügungen. </p><p>57/25-38<br />Statistik der jüdischen Bevölkerung (statistische Erfassung der Juden; Reichssippenamt) <br /><br />57/39-44<br />Eingaben (RV als Vermittlungsstelle für Eingaben an Behörden)</p><p>57/64-69<br />Haushaltsplan und -rechnung <br /><br />57/70-111<br />Kassenunterlagen und -belege (Tageskasse der RV und Rechnungen für das jüdische Krankenhaus Berlin)</p><p>57/112-116<br />Verkauf und Verwertung von Eigentum jüdischer Gemeinden und anderer Einrichtungen (nach Orten A-Z) </p><p>57/117-122.<br />Versicherungsangelegenheiten (vgl. auch 75A Be 2, 1.6.)</p><p>57/123-129<br />Verschiedene Finanzangelegenheiten (vgl. auch 3.1.2.)</p><p align="left"> 57/130-703<br /> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Emigration und Deportation; Verwaltung und Verwertung des Vermögens jüdischer Bürger<br /></span><br />57/130-479<br />Vermoegensverwaltung fuer Verstorbene, Emigranten und Deportierte (v.a. Abwesenheitspflegschaft)<br /><br />57/480-500.<br />Allgemeines; Deportationslisten </p><p>57/501-584<br />Abschluss von “Heimeinkaufsverträgen” für Theresienstadt</p><p>57/501-580<br />Nach einzelnen Bezirksstellen der RV</p><p>57/581-584<br />“Heimeinkaufsverträge”: Personen A-Z</p><p>57/585-646<br />Abwicklung der “Heimeinkaufsverträge” (Einbeziehung von Vermögenswerten; Sonderkonto H) </p><p>57/647-667<br />Verfügungserlaubnisse (v.a. in Bezug auf Geldbeträge vom eigenen Konto) (vgl. 1.1.4.)</p><p>57/668-703<br />Abgabe persönlicher Unterlagen vor der Deportation</p><p>57/668-676<br />Nachweis über die Abgabe der Unterlagen (Belege)</p><p>57/677-701<br />Persönliche Unterlagen von Deportierten</p><p>57/702-703<br />Testamente A-Z</p><p>57/704-798<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Fürsorge und Betreuung</span></p><p>57/704-736<br />Schriftwechsel mit den Vertrauensleuten</p><p>57/737-762<br />Sonstige Unterstützungen und Beihilfen; Versorgung <br /></p><p>57/763-779<br />Kinderunterkunft; Familienbetreuung<br /><br />57/780-798<br />Bestattungswesen; Todesmeldungen</p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Personal name index</span></p> Open