Documentation of the Finanzministerium (Finance Ministry), related to Württemberg-Hohenzollern, 1945-1949

Documentation of the Finanzministerium (Finance Ministry), related to Württemberg-Hohenzollern, 1945-1949
 
 History of the organization [institution]:
 
 In autumn 1945, after the end of World War II, the State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern was established inside Germany, which included the French Occupied Zone of Württemberg and the Sigmaringen region. The government of the new state was comprised of six Landesdirektionen (administrative areas) that supervised various subjects (law, culture, interior matters, and other subjects), including finance. Its name was changed later to the Finanzministerium (Finance Ministry);
 
 The Hauptzollämter (Head customs offices) were also subjugated to this office. On the regional levels, this office included units of the local offices of the Finanzämter (Finance Ministry), the Requisitionsämter (Requisitions office), customs offices, the Vermögenskontrolle (Property Supervision) offices and the Bezirksbauämter (Regional Construction) offices. The construction offices of the French Army were also subjugated to this office;
 
 Following a referendum, the State of Baden-Württemberg was established and it included Württemberg-Hohenzollern within its area. The temporary government of the new state was established on 25/04/1952. A special law, which cancelled all previous government institutions, went into effect as of 15/05/1952, and as of that date, the new state included Württemberg-Hohenzollern and it transferred its authorities to the government institutions of the State of Baden-Württemberg. 
 
 The Record Group in the archive of origin:
 
 The files of the Finance Ministry are located in the Wü 120 T 1-2 Record Group in the State Archive in Sigmaringen, comprising 51.7 meters in length. The Record Group includes materials from the 11 main departments of the Finance Ministry, including the:
 
 General Manpower Affairs office, the Behördenorganisation und Registratur (Workers Organization and Registration) office; the Budget, Finance and Accounts office; the Duties office; the Tax office; the Administration of Reich Properties and State Properties office; the Staatliche Bauverwaltung (State Construction Administration office); the Monetary Affairs office; credit and personal insurance institutions; the Pricing and Subsidies office; the Postal Services office; the Forestry office; the Vermögenskontrolle (Properties Supervision) office; the Bodenuntersuchungen (Lands Inspection) office is also included in the Wü 120 T 1-2 Record Group.
 
 There are many references to political purges, to the subject of the restitution of property, and to the subject of coping with the Nazi past, which are mentioned in particular in files related to the Manpower Administration office and the tax and property offices of the Reich and the State;
 
 The material that was copied for Yad Vashem deals with the following subjects:
 
 - The employment of Beamten (State employees) in the new State; on one hand, employees dismissed from their work by the Nazis and, on the other hand, the employment of workers who were typical Nazis. The files include general regulations regarding the subject and correspondence regarding specific workers. Several files include lists of government workers who were dismissed from their work by the Nazis;
 
 - Reparations and payments to those harmed by the Nazis, including in several files correspondence regarding the wording of laws and regulations pertaining to the subject, and the implementation of set payments by the government to those harmed by the Nazis. One file (Bü 2422) deals with specific requests for compensation payments by people harmed by the Nazis and includes personal details regarding the persecutions they underwent.