September 19, 1942.
Concerning: Conversion of notes, gold, silver, and jewelry in favor of the Reich Minister of Finance.
1—Partial statement of values received by our "Precious Metal" ["Edelmetall"]
1. Shipment received on August 26 of this year.
1. Foreign notes and coins (compare end. 1). . .RM 123,827.65
2. 32 gold ingots (cf. end. 2)............... 446,234.93
3. 116 silver ingots (cf. end. 3)............ 38,229.40
4. Diverse jewelry.............1 , ,
5. Diverse strings of pearls, i not ,
pearl jewelry, and loose [ examil]ed and
pearls....................J evaluated
6. Diverse gold coins (cf. end. 4)........... 77,692.06
2. Shipment received September 4 of this year.
The examination of the nine locked trunks received revealed the five objects indicated,
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whose conversion has been begun. In addition, the following have been ascertained.
a. Gold coins (cf. end. 6) ................ 1,953.68
b. Silver coins (cf. end. 7) .............. 53.16
c. Foreign notes (cf. end. 8) contents of
two trunks ................................. 77,452.71
3. Shipment of September 7 of this year. The locked trunk received contained the gold coins evaluated in enclosure 9 in the amount of. . . 112,037.70
In addition we took foreign notes in the
amount of (cf. end. 10)........................ 89,130.64
Statement of the ten gold ingots given us separately, ca. kgr. 139,189 in the amount of (cf. end. 11) ................................ 217,763.66
RM 1,184,375.59
Before we turn over the total amount taken in to date, to the Reichshauptkasse, account of the Reich Minister of Finance, we beg to be informed under what initial this and later amounts should be disposed of.
It might further be of advantage to call the attention of the responsible office of the Reich Ministry of Finance in time to the amounts to be transferred from the Deutsche Reichsbank.
Deutsche Reichsbank
Hauptkasse
11 Enclosures
[stamp] Paid by check Berlin, October 27, 1942.
Hauptkasse
Statement of the money received (1.84 million Reichmarks) from the conversion of foreign currency, gold, silver, and jewelry (in three shipments in August-September 1942), with the proceeds to be paid to the Ministry of Finance
Authors
Date: 19 September 1942
Literal Title: Concerning: Conversion of notes, gold, silver, and jewelry in favor of the Reich Minister of Finance. 1. Partial statement of values received by our "Precious Metal" [account] ("Edelmetall")
Defendant: Walther Funk
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-3949
Citation: IMT (page 9117)
HLSL Item No.: 452854
Notes:A stamped notice indicates that the money transfer was made (by the bank) by check on 27 October 1942. See also documents PS 3944, 3947-3948.
Document Summary
PS-3949: Photostat of a report on the evaluation of notes, gold and jewelry by the [Illegible] to be credited to the Reich Minister of Finance
PS-3949: First partial account from the Reichsbank main accounts office Berlin showing credits to the Reich Ministry for finance, 19 September 1942, for three consignments of foreign currency and coins, gold and silver bullion and jewelry