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41,434.95. 42 Additionally, twenty individuals were levied on their income and the
total levies received equalled RM 4,980.20. 43 Of the individuals levied, seven paid
both types of levy. The total gross amount levied for 1940 from both sources
amounted to RM 46,415.15.
When the renamed Jüdische Kultusvereinigung, the Bezirksstelle Sachsen-
Thüringen der Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland Verwaltungsstelle
Magdeburg, issued its October 1941 newsletter, it advised all members that
communal levies were now being collected by the Leipzig office of the
Bezirksstelle Sachsen-Thüringen der Reichsvereinigung der Juden in
Deutschland, provided members with the banking details of the Leipzig office,
and requested that payments be made directly. 44
Financial management of the community also extended to dealing with the
local authorities. An example of this occurred when Dr Max Kaufmann received
an invoice on 28 October 1941 for fees payable for the dissolutions of all Jewish
organisations in Magdeburg. Kaufmann responded to the office of the Court
Cashier with a reminder that the Jewish community was exempt from such
charges and quoted the relevant legislation. 45 Administratively and financially the
community had adapted yet again and managed its affairs to the best of its
resources.
For the duration of the existence of the Verwaltungsstelle Magdeburg,
community members were kept informed by regular newsletters. The most
42
Beitragserhebung nach dem Vermögen 1940, Bestand Pe, Signatur Nr. 47, ASGM,
op. cit., pp. 63–66.
43
Beitragserhebung nach der veranlagten Einkommensteuer, ibid., p. 67.
44
Bezirksstelle Sachsen-Thüringen der Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland
Verwaltungsstelle Magdeburg, 31. Oktober 1941, File AR 6559, LBIA NY,
unnumbered pages, two-page newsletter.
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Betrifft: Kassenseichen I 4294, 5. November 1941, Bestand Rep. C 129, Signatur
Nr. 2165, LHASA MD, op. cit., p. 298.