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In attempting to expedite the compulsory acquisition of Jewish property by
‘Aryan’ purchasers, the provincial government posted further guidelines on 27
February 1940 on how such contracts of sale and purchases were to be
conducted. 64 In May 1940, sales were expedited after a further amendment to the
edict on the compulsory registration of Jewish assets and property. 65 On 21
September 1940, the Magdeburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce notified the
provincial government that there were no longer any Jews of foreign nationality
operating businesses in the city. 66
On 24 October 1940, the provincial government declared that the removal of
the Jews from the local economy had been achieved. Only two businesses
remained to be dealt with administratively, as their former major Jewish
shareholders had emigrated to England. 67 These businesses were ‘Max Brandus
Pty. Ltd.’, located at Gröperstraße 2, and the pump factory ‘Hannach & Co.’,
located at Stolzestraße 2-5. On 1 April 1941, a list of fifty-five recently
‘aryanised’ businesses in the administrative district of Magdeburg was despatched
to the provincial government. Fifteen of those listed were in the city of
Magdeburg itself, including the abovementioned two businesses. 68 Attached to
this list was a further incomplete list of thirty ‘aryanised’ Jewish businesses in
Magdeburg with the dates of the registrations of the new owners. The earliest
64 Betrifft: Einsatz des jüdischen Vermögens, 27. Februar 1940, Bestand Rep. K 3,
Signatur Nr. 4094 e, Film 58, LHASA MD, op. cit., pp. 83–85.
65 Vierte Anordnung auf Grund der Verordnung über die Anmeldung des Vermögens
von Juden, 4. Mai 1940, Bestand Rep. G 1, Signatur Nr. 389, LHASA MD, op. cit., p.
128.
66 Betreff: Behandlung fremder Staatsangehöriger bei der Ausschaltung der Juden aus
dem deutschen Wirtschaftsleben, 21. September 1940, Bestand Rep. C 28 I f, Signatur
Nr. 933, Band 16, LHASA MD, op. cit., pp. 38–40.
67 Betrifft: Entjudung der gewerblichen Wirtschaft, 24. Oktober 1940, Bestand Rep. C
20 I. I b, Signatur Nr. 2537, LHASA MD, op. cit., p. 211.
68 Anlage zum Schreiben vom 1.4.1941 an den Herrn Regierungs-Präsident, Bestand
Rep. C 28 I f, Signatur Nr. 934, Band 1, LHASA MD, pp. 12–13.