Documentation of the Oberfinanzpraesident Karlsbad, from the Saechsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv (Saxon State Archive) in Dresden

Documentation of the Oberfinanzpraesident Karlsbad, from the Saechsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv (Saxon State Archive) in Dresden Following the annexation of the Sudeten region to Germany in 1938, the Saxon State was responsible for the establishment and manning of German governmental institutions in the region. In this context, the Oberfinanzpraesident Karlsbad (regional finance office in Karlsbad) was established on 01/09/1939; it was responsible to the Regierungsbezirke of the Aussig and Eger (regions) in the Sudeten region. Being that the institution was included among the Saxon State government institutions, its files were transferred to the Saechsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv in Dresden, following its liquidation. Five of the Archive's files were copied for the Yad Vashem Archive. The files deal with laws and regulations related to Jewish property, confiscated Jewish property and an estimation of the property's worth, and discussions in Courts of Law regarding monetary matters related to Jews. The files were identified according to the book, "Quellen zur Geschichte der Juden in den Archiven der neuen Bundesländer", published in Germany in 1999, including lists of files related to Jews in archives of the former East Germany (files of the Saxon State Archive in Dresden are located in Volume Four). A request was sent to the Archive by mail, and the files were copied and sent to Yad Vashem by mail.