“Aryanization” - Looting of Jewish Assets by Nazi Germany

"Aryanization!" was the word used by the Nazi regime to describe the "transfer of ownership" of assets belonging to Jewish people to non Jewish German people or state.

At first, starting around 1933, Jewish people were "encouraged" to sell their businesses or whatever they owned at prices that were way below their actual values.

Five years later, after the "Crystall Night", the "transfer of ownership" was forced. And it was brutal. The wealth that was seized contributed to the huge rearming Nazi Germany was undertaking. Rearming...