Documentation from the Amt fuer das Siedlungs- und Wohnungswesen (Office for Matters related to Settlement and Residence) in Berlin, 1935-1945 The Deputation fuer das Siedlungs und Wohnungswesen was established in association with the Magistrat of the city of Berlin in 1920, following the establishment of several public organizations in the preceding years which had handled the increasingly deteriorating problems of housing and housing conditions in Berlin. The department's functions included the implementation and supervision of construction projects, the construction of housing, and the establishment of parks and gardens. The institution's name was changed to the Amt fuer das Siedlungs- und Wohnungswesen in 1935, and was changed to the Hauptplanungsamt (Chief Planning Office) in 1938. Included in the Collection is information regarding the removal of Jews from apartments which they rented in buildings owned by the city; instructions and correspondence regarding the implementation of the Gesezt ueber die Mietverhaeltniss der Juden (Law on Tenancies with Jews) on 30/04/1939; and a list of furniture confiscated from Jews in Paris in the context of the N-Action and which was transferred to Berlin.