Grabież tzw. majątków bezpańskich należących do Żydów w Kielcach i powiecie kieleckim w okresie okupacji

Abstract

An action of exterminating Jews in the General Government was carried out by the Third Reich under the code name “Einsatz Reinhardt”. At the same time, large-scale confiscation and plunder of properties belonging to Jews was taking place. It consisted of four sections: displacement, exploiting labour force, using the properties, taking over hidden values and real estates. After the Wehrmacht troops entered Kielce on 5th September 1939, state-owned properties were immediately taken over. In the same fashion Germans took over private properties of people who fled the town due to military actions. The properties were managed by Treuhandanstalt that was created by the occupant on 1st November 1939. Intensification of plunders of Jewish properties can be observed during the creation of a ghetto in Kielce (March 1941) as well as its liquidation (August 1942) when not only real estates but also personal property were plundered.