Devisenreferat Collection: Foreign Exchange Department of the Hauptabteilung Wirtschaft (Economics Department) in The Hague, 1940-1942 In the collection: Documents of the Deviseninstitut (Foreign Exchange Institute), in The Hague, from 1941, under the direction of Bauditz, regarding the assets of Jews who emigrated or are asking to emigrate from the Netherlands; letters written by Wimmer, Rauter, Calmeyer, Seyss Inquart and others, regarding the legal status of Dutch Jews during the German occupation, 1942-1944; correspondence regarding the Aryanization of Jewish companies in the Netherlands and regarding the emigration of Jews from the Netherlands to the United States, including the Jewish Professor Laqueur and his family, 1940-1942; documents regarding the German takeover of the economy and trade in the Netherlands, 1940-1941; letters and telegrams sent from various organizations regarding economic legislation in the Netherlands during the German occupation, 1940-1941; documents regarding the Aryanization of the Jewish company, H.Jacob's Industrie en Handelmaatschappij (Industry and Trade Company) N.V. in Amsterdam, and regarding the emigration of its Jewish owners to the United States, 1940-1941; correspondence regarding economic difficulties that arose due to the occupation of the Netherlands by the German Army including money transfers between the Netherlands and other countries, 1940-1942; correspondence between government officials and economic factors in the Netherlands and Germany regarding economic matters including the confiscation of Jewish property and Aryanization, 1940-1941.