Directions concerning the Treatment of Jewish Property in the Reich Commissariat Ostland of 13 October 1941
Par. 1
The total, movable and immovable properties of the Jewish population in the territories governed by the Reich's Commissioner for Eastern areas are placed under confiscation by the administration for the commission and the seizure according to the following regulations.
Par. 2
Property is defined as movable and immovable objects along with all accessories, claims, commissions, rights and interests of all types.
Par. 3
1. The confiscation will be carried out by the Reich's commissioner for the East or those officers who have been authorized by him. It can be carried out by directives to individual persons or in general by a proclamation and can be limited to individual objects of wealth.
2. The following shall be excluded from confiscation:
a. That part of the household furniture which will take care of the base essentials of life.
b. Cash, bank and savings credit, as well as bonds, up to a total value of one hundred Reichsmarks.