Vugesta (Q18029312)

main center for the redistribution of stolen private property of Jewish Austrians during the NS rule

The Gestapo Office for the Disposal of the Property of Jewish Emigrants

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Vugesta	main center for the redistribution of stolen private property of Jewish Austrians during the NS rule	The Gestapo Office for the Disposal of the Property of Jewish Emigrants

Statements

instance of

organization

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inception

7 September 1940

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On September 7, 1940 an organization in Vienna called the Vugesta started operating. It can be considered the main center for the redistribution of stolen private property of Jewish Austrians during the NS rule.[ (English)

Am 7. September 1940 nahm in Wien unter der Bezeichnung Vugesta ein Unternehmen seine Tätigkeit auf, das als zentrale Drehscheibe bei der Umverteilung geraubten Privateigentums jüdischer ÖsterreicherInnen während der NS-Herrschaft anzusehen ist.[1] Die Verwaltungsstelle für jüdisches Umzugsgut der Gestapo[2] wurde explizit als Organisation zur Arisierung von jüdischem Eigentum (German)

reference URL

https://www.kunstdatenbank.at/the-vugesta-the-gestapo-office-for-the-disposal-of-the-property-of-jewish-emigrants.html

12 September 2018

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https://www.kunstdatenbank.at/the-vugesta-the-gestapo-office-for-the-disposal-of-the-property-of-jewish-emigrants.html

quotation

The Gestapo Office for the Disposal of the Property of Jewish Emigrants was expressly created as an organization for the aryanization of Jewish property and its utilization for the Aryan population (English)

retrieved

12 September 2018

Aryanization

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reference URL

https://www.wienmuseum.at/en/collections/restitution.html?L=1

quotation

From the time it was set up in early autumn 1940 until the end of the war, Vugesta “disposed” of the property of 5,000 to 6,000 and the furniture of at least 10,000 Jewish families who emigrated or were deported. (English)

1 reference

https://www.kunstdatenbank.at/the-vugesta-the-gestapo-office-for-the-disposal-of-the-property-of-jewish-emigrants.html