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This is extremely interesting and historical official high-level Nazi correspondence, 100% original to the Third Reich period. This lot contains correspondence on the letterhead of the Reichsführer-SS in Berlin, annotated correspondence from Reichsstatthalter Baldur von Schirach’s office in Wien (Vienna, the second largest city of Hitler’s Greater Germany) as well as the Vienna police department.
The subjects of these 10 pages of correspondence were Heinrich Israel Löwinger (born 26 March 1887) and his wife Olga Sara Löwinger (born Dicker on 18 July 1887). In July 1939 businessman Heinrich Israel Löwinger was convicted of tax evasion and was sentenced to three years in prison. Mrs. Löwinger was also convicted of tax evasion and was sentenced to three months in jail.
A 1939 audit showed Heinrich Israel Löwinger, the manager of a large commercial laundry business in Vienna, had failed to pay over RM 948,000 ($379,000) in taxes, as well as over RM 300,000 ($120,000) in personal taxes. Paperwork in this file dated May 1941 also stated that Löwinger paid monthly bribes to a local politician to acquire the laundry contract for Vienna hospitals. The audit which brought these crimes to light was part of the aryanization process of Löwinger’s Jewish-owned business. As a Jew he was no longer allowed to own any part of a commercial laundry and was required to participate in the transfer of it to Aryan owners. The same audit also uncovered the fact that Löwinger’s commercial laundry business was partly owned by a Swiss financial group. The Swiss financial group cooperated with the government audit, and payment of back taxes, making it possible for Mr. & Mrs. Löwinger to obtain an exit visa, for which they also needed a Certificate of Good Conduct from the Vienna Police President without any mention of their criminal past.
A 1939 audit showed Heinrich Israel Löwinger, the manager of a large commercial laundry business in Vienna, had failed to pay over RM 948,000 ($379,000) in taxes, as well as over RM 300,000 ($120,000) in personal taxes. Paperwork in this file dated May 1941 also stated that Löwinger paid monthly bribes to a local politician to acquire the laundry contract for Vienna hospitals. The audit which brought these crimes to light was part of the aryanization process of Löwinger’s Jewish-owned business. As a Jew he was no longer allowed to own any part of a commercial laundry and was required to participate in the transfer of it to Aryan owners. The same audit also uncovered the fact that Löwinger’s commercial laundry business was partly owned by a Swiss financial group. The Swiss financial group cooperated with the government audit, and payment of back taxes, making it possible for Mr. & Mrs. Löwinger to obtain an exit visa, for which they also needed a Certificate of Good Conduct from the Vienna Police President without any mention of their criminal past.
The paperwork in this lot from the Reichsstatthalter Office in Vienna (the highest government authority in Gau Wien) dated 20 December 1941 also revealed that Löwinger’s commercial laundry business was considered important to the military economy of the Greater German Reich and therefor the speed of the aryanization process of the business was important to Grossdeutschland. The Austrian Control Bank for Commerce and Trade was in charge of the aryanization process.
This letter also stated that as of October 1940 an amount of more than 1.7 Million Reichsmarks ($680,000) had been paid in back taxes for the Löwinger’s business and that the liquidation of personal property of Mr. & Mrs. Löwinger had brought an additional amount of approximately RM 400,000 ($160,000) to the state coffers.
Stapled to the 20 December 1941 Reichsstatthalter’s letter about the Löwinger case is the Vienna file copy of the letter sent to the office of the Reichsführer-SS and Chief of German Police, Heinrich Himmler in Berlin. The letter to Himmler’s office explained the Heinrich Israel Löwinger and Olga Sara Löwinger case, that it had ended in a satisfactory way and that therefor no further criminal proceedings were deemed necessary. However, in the early stages of this matter, Himmler’s decision on the matter of the Good Conduct Certificate and exit visa was requested, and the Nazi Justice Department had been involved, only because the Löwinger’s commercial laundry business was considered important to the military economy of the Greater German Reich.
Other 1941 paperwork from Vienna Police Department II, shows that Heinrich Israel Löwinger had an accomplice named Hans Israel Engler (born 7 December 1898) who was convicted of crimes and served 18 months in jail. Engler’s first request for an exist visa was denied by Der Reichsfuehrer-SS und Chef der deutschen Polizei, Heinrich Himmler.
Heinrich Israel Löwinger did not serve time in jail. The Vienna Finance Department accepted his payment of over 2 million Reichsmarks in back taxes to the state, and Mr. & Mrs. Löwinger (who desired to go to America) were escorted to the Swiss border by a Nazi Finance Department official. At the border, a Swiss attorney paid 2 million Reichsmarks (cash in several currencies and shares) on behalf of the Löwingers, and this apparently closed the case.click HERE.
1941 RFSS & POLICE FILE - VISA FOR JEWISH TAX EVADERS
THE 1941 VIENNA POLICE FILE REGARDING CONVICTED JEWISH TAX EVADERS - INCLUDES LETTER FROM RFSS HEINRICH HIMMLER’S BERLIN OFFICE
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