Reichszentrale für Jüdische Auswanderung
- Reich Central Office for Jewish Emigration
Dates of Existence
Founded in 1938-08-26
History
The Reichszentrale für Jüdische Auswanderung was headed by Adolf Eichmann. It concentrated all the Jews of Austria in Vienna, set quotas and obligated the Jewish community to meet German demands for human chattel. This process was financed by wealthy Jews. These ‘innovative’ methods were a model for Reinhard Heydrich in Berlin who exported the concepts to the east. This office dealt with Jewish emigration matters until 1941-10, when Jewish emigration was prohibited. Eichmann’s staff became part of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt.
Places
Founded and active in Germany.
Sources
Dictionary of the Holocaust : Biography, geography, and terminology / E.J. Epstein, P. Rosen. – Westport, 1997. – p. 251