Recycling Jewish goods played a role in the relief operation too. When the Jews were deported from France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1942–43, their furniture was seized and redistributed under ‘Aktion-M’ (for Möbel), under the auspices of the ‘Western Office’ of the Eastern Ministry and the SS. From Bamberg to Frankfurt am Main, the authorities reported that people were calling for the warehouses holding Jewish goods to be opened up to help the bombed-out.
