Collection of the Departement van Bijzondere Economische Zaken - Office for Special Economic Matters in the Netherlands, 1941-1945 The Departement van Bijzondere Economische Zaken - Office for Special Economic Matters in the Netherlands was administered by Mr. M. M. Rost van Tonningen and was responsible for matters related to insurance, credit and other financial matters; the department joined the Aryanization department in 1942; Included in the collection: Protocols of meetings of the Verzekeringsraad (Insurance Council), established in accordance with the decision of the Treasury director general of the Office for Special Economic Matters in the Netherlands, 1943-1944; Bills for the approval of the accounts administration department in the Office for Special Economic Matters in the Netherlands, 1943-1944; Documents regarding the Aryanization of the Jewish-owned department store of the de la Bella family in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1943; Documents regarding the appointment of the Dutchman P. J. v. Wielink as the Trustee of a Jewish-owned department store in the Netherlands, 1941-1942; Official documentation regarding the Aryanization of the N. V. Goederenhandel v/h L. A. en F. L. Kattenburg & Co., Den Haag and the N. V. Mij. tot voortzetting der zaken van het Magazijn Nederland department stores in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1940-1945; Letter written by the director general of the Treasury Office for Special Economic Matters in The Hague to J. H. Werner from Zeist, the Netherlands, 1944; Official documentation regarding the Aryanization of department stores in the Netherlands that had partial or full Jewish ownership, 1942-1944; Official documentation regarding the regulations and establishment of the Vught concentration camp near Den Bosch, the Netherlands, 1943-1944; Documents of Rost van Tonningen, regarding the Dutch financial economy, the organization of the insurance sector, the allocation and supervision of prices for food and other goods, the Aryanization of factories and land owned by Jews, and other matters, 1941-1945.