"German Jews deported to the East had to leave their property behind.
This photograph shows the auction of abandoned Jewish property in Hanau.
The German government not only benefited from the profits brought by such sales, but, just as important from an ideological perspective, real estate was "Aryanized."
The ability to purchase Jewish property at rock-bottom prices encouraged the local population to support the deportations."
"Spreading the Wealth" as a philosophy has never changed has it?