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registration date was that of 13 May 1933 and the most recent was that of 7
February 1941. 69
In December 1941 the mayor’s office confirmed that all businesses owned by
Jews had been ‘aryanised.’ In their investigations, however, they discovered that
at least eight businesses that had been ‘aryanised’ prior to 1938 had not been
given official approval and this required rectification. The mayor’s office further
indicated that the final twelve businesses to undergo an audit had been duly
conducted and had met all requirements. This confirmed that the required
processes governing ‘aryanisations’ had been duly conducted. 70 Once again, a list
of all Jewish businesses and properties ‘aryanised’ to date was appended. 71
Finally, on 16 April 1943, the Gauwirtschaftsberater for the district of
Magdeburg-Anhalt advised the Magdeburg-Anhalt District Chamber of
Commerce that, with regard to the auditing of ‘aryanisations’ of former Jewish
businesses and property, there existed no pressing cases worthy of investigation. 72
From the end of 1939, the only Jews operating businesses were those attending to
the needs of an exclusively Jewish clientele. In Magdeburg, the Jews had now
been completely removed from the economy of the city and from their former
homes. Now housed in ‘Judenhäuser,’ this pauperised and degraded community
was left with one communal venue – the former Synagogen-Gemeinde.
69 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, op. cit., pp. 30–32.
70 Betrifft: Durchführung der Verordnung über die Nachprüfung von
Entjudungsgeschäften, 8. Dezember 1941, ibid., p. 36.
71 Aufstellung der zur Arisierung gekommenen Geschäfte und Grundstucke zur
Errechnung der Ausgleichsabgabe, Kreis Magdeburg, ibid., pp. 37–40. This list
provides the addresses of such businesses and properties, the names of the Jewish
vendors, the names of the ‘Aryan’ purchasers and the month and year when the
‘aryanisations’ occurred. The list is incomplete and numbers seventy-seven businesses
and properties.
72 Betrifft: Nachprüfung der Entjudungsgeschäfte, 16. April 1943, Bestand Rep. C
110, Signatur Nr. 47, LHASA MD, p. 36.