Collection of Dr. Hans Max Hirschfeld, secretary of the Commerce, Industry, Shipping and Agriculture departments in the Netherlands, 1940-1941 Collection that documents the administration of the Dutch economy by the Germans and the attitude toward the Jews in that context in 1940-1941; Included in the collection: Circulars, correspondence and protocols of meetings of the Departement van Binnenlandsche Zaken in The Hague, regarding the dismissal of Jews from public positions, examination of the Aryan origin of clerks, and reports regarding the status of the Jews in the Dutch economy and in the free professions in the Netherlands in 1940-1941.