Leaflet Sent to the Jews of Berlin – Order to Declare Their Property Towards Their Deportation to the East – 1941

Leaflet Sent to the Jews of Berlin – Order to Declare Their Property Towards Their Deportation to the East – 1941
A leaflet sent by the "Jewish Religious Association of Berlin" (Jüdische Kultusvereinigung zu Berlin e. V.) to Jews in the city, ordering them to submit a declaration concerning their property. Berlin, December 3, 1941. German.
On Yom Kippur 1941, Gestapo officials in Berlin informed the chairman of the Jewish community Moritz Henschel and his deputy Phillip Kozower about the plan to deport the Jews out of the city. This operation was executed under the cover of "evacuation of apartments" and the deportees were informed that their rent leases expired, that there is a plan to transfer them to a "new location" and that they must submit a property declaration.
This leaflet was sent through the "Jewish Religious Association of Berlin" and it instructs all the Jews who wear a yellow star to submit a detailed declaration concerning their property (probably by filling in a special form sent with the leaflet). The leaflet also gives information about places where the declarations have to be delivered, and other instructions. On the bottom of the leaflet appear names of the community heads, Moritz Henschel and Phillip Kozower, with the name "Israel" added as a middle name to their names (according to the Nazi law of changing names).
The leaflet was meant to be folded and sent by mail, and on its back appears the name of the society and its address, with the name of the addressee inscribed in pencil (partly deleted) and two ink-stamps.
[1] leaf, 21X29 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks. A small number of stains. Tears and open tears at margins of leaf and along the folding marks (mostly small, slightly affecting text).