Exchange Control Office [Devisenstelle] Hamburg, May 2nd, 1947. 2.) To the President of the Finance Office Hamburg. Re: Compensation claims of Kurt Lavy, currently residing in Rio de Janeiro. Your letter of April 8, 1947, ref.no. 0 5210-L 32 n-V 13- Following the death of his father at the end of April 1933 Kurt Erich Lavy returned with his wife Maria née Pütz of Rio de Ja- neiro to Germany and brought back as proceeds from the sale of his household 1,700 free RM abbreviation for Reichsmark, the then German currency. . On 30 July 1938 he and his wife returned to Rio de Janeiro and appointed the retired Higher Regional Court Counselor [Oberlandesgerichtsrat] Dr. Walter Rudolphi, Hamburg, Oderfelderstraße 21, as his authorized representative. According to a letter from the Secret State Police, State Police Headquarters Hamburg dated December 13, 1940, ref. no. I B 3 - 249/40 Kurt Lavy’s entire domestic assets were seized by the state police. According to a statement from the Secret State Police of 12/13/40 Kurt Lavy was expatriated. According to his statement of assets of 7/7/38 his assets were as follows: 1.) Liquid funds RM 800 2.) Bank balance: In checking account at German South American Bank [Deutsch-Südamerikanische Bank] 595.75                „ „ „ German Bank Bergedorf [Deutsche Bank Bergedorf] branch 37,48                „Savings account – „ – 100.00 „ „ at Dresdner Bank, Bergedorf 98.33 831.56 ¼ of account for Al- bert Lavy estate (executor of will Higher Regional Court Counselor (retired) Dr. Walter Rudolphi, Hamburg, in the amount of 990.- RM = 247.50 3.) stocks and bonds: RM 350.- German Collective Redemption Bonds [Deutsche Kommunal- Sammelablösungsanleihe] with redemption right of 140% = 2450.- ¼ of RM 33,000.- Faserstoff-Zu- richterei GmbH [pulp processing plant]. Nominal share RM 8,250.- Market value according to Bergedorf tax office 38% = 3,135           Carry RM 5,585.- 1,879.06 Amount carried over RM 5,585.- RM 1,879.06 Hungarian war bonds 3000 Kr. 6% (worthless) -           Russian South East Railway bonds 500.- M 4% (worthless)-       5.585.-- 4.) real estate: Share in the Bergedorf property, Schlebuschweg 5, (recorded Bergedorf, sheet 908) and building plot on RichthofenstraßeToday: Duwockskamp (recorded Bergedorf sheet 1239) assessed value RM 23,900.- subtraction mortgage 18,284.50 RM 4,612.50, ¼ share = 1,153.12 5.) Mortgages and land charges ½ of the mortgage of 1,250.- recorded in Bergedorf, sheet 1,735, mortgagee Karl Wigger Estate, Bergedorf Ritterstraße 8/9 Executor of will Johs. Heuser, Bergedorf Gärtnerstraße 19 625.- Land charges for properties in joint heirship Schlebuschweg 5 and RichthofenstraßeToday: Duwockskamp3,700.- 6.) loan to Faserstoff-Zurichterei GmbH 1,500.- 7.) life insurance with Alte Leipziger Policy no. 694211 for 2,000,- maturity date May 31, 1972 Redemption value 32.52 Total 14,474.70 In addition, according to his personal tax return, Kurt Lavy owned jewelry and precious metal objects valued at 600.- Albert Lavy’s heirs are: Ms. Henny Lavy, London Günther Lavy, „ Kurt Lavy, Rio de Janeiro Hans Lavy, Sao Paolo. Ad 4) According to a letter from the Administration of Trade, Shipping and Commerce [Verwaltung für Handel, Schiffahrt und Gewerbe] of March 20, 1939 Dept. Z. III G, an application for the sale of the Schlebuschweg property and the building land on RichthofenstraßeToday: Duwockskamp to Paul Th.Fr.Aug. Rode, Hamburg, EricastraßeStreet name has been changed. 115 had been received (Annex p. 55). Whether this sale came about and at what conditions is not evident from the files can and only be verified by inspection of the land register or by consulting the authorized representative, Dr. Walter Rudolphi. Ad 5): The documents listed in the land register of Bergedorf, sheet 1735,section III No.10 registered a revaluation mortgage of RM 1,250.- was Transferred to Johannes Julius Heuser, Bergedorf, Ritterstrasse 8, with permission by the exchange control office dated January 23, 1940 and its equivalent value of RM 625.00 was transferred as emigrant credit to Kurt Lavy at German South American Bank, Hamburg, and RM 625.00 to escrow account Hans Anton Lavy, Sao Paulo with the German-South American Bank, Hamburg. The remaining assets listed in the statement of assets and liabilities of 7/7/38 cannot be located from the files. It is to be assumed that these assets were confiscated by the Reich after Kurt Lavy’s expatriation. Detailed information on this can only be obtained from the Authorized representative, Dr. Walter Rudolphi, or the German- South American Bank and Dresdner Bank, Bergedorf. On July 4, 1938, a Dego Deutsche Golddiskontbank fee for the removal of personal property in the amount of RM 1,068.00 was paid. 3.) Entry in the special list 4.) Sign out of journal 5.) file.