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The Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin presents the year 1938 through the eyes of Jews, whose personal documents detail their experiences and the hardships they suffered as well as the growing tensions in Europe and diminishing hope for Jews in Germany and Austria.

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WEDNESDAY

Monetary hurdles

The Reich Office of Foreign Exchange Control requests large sums from emigrating Jews

Berlin/Dresden

Before Martha Kaphan could travel to Mandatory Palestine, she had to deposit the considerable amount of 800 Reichsmark at the Dresdner Bank. The Reich Office of Foreign Exchange Control, which played a major role in the exploitation of Jewish emigrants, demanded the sum for the issuance of her tourist visa. Thousands of Jews tried to enter Palestine illegally by means of  tourist visas with the intention of applying for permanent visas later. Apparently, Martha Kaphan did not emigrate for long. The British Consulate confirmed her departure on December 24, 1938. The deposit was paid on December 29, 1938 in Breslau, and the account was closed on January 10, 1939.


TAGS: DRESDEN, ECONOMIC PERSECUTION, EMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES, MAY 4, NAZI LAWS, NAZI POLICIES, OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, PALESTINE, REFUGEES, VISA APPLICATION

SOURCE

Institution:

Deutsches Historisches Museum

Original:

Deposit Confirmation for the Receipt of a Tourist Visa for Palestine; Do2 2000/1000

 

on the days before

May 3
Segregation in Kindergarten
May 2
Right of residence
May 1
Compass Travel Bureau

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