Book: Golden harvest

But at the same time material gain from the Holocaust scooped all, regardless of nationality, age and gender. "In 1942 [in Hamburg] arrived 45 vessels with a cargo net 27227 tons of things confiscated from Dutch Jews. About 100,000 residents have purchased stolen goods that were sold at auction in the port". Between 1941 and 1945 in Hamburg took place almost daily auctions of Jewish property - despite the fact that among the German cities, Hamburg has not been any particularly privileged in this respect. French priest, father Patrick Dubois while working on documenting mass graves in the Ukraine I heard from one of the locals: "One day we woke up in our place, and all were Jewish clothing".

The first commandant of the death camp at Sobibor and later at Treblinka, Franz Stangl, the question of American journalist Gita Sereny: "How you feel at the time thought that was the cause of the destruction of the Jews?" - replied: "Wanted to take their money. Do you understand what a fantastic amount was included in the game?"