Central Office for Jewish Emigration

Central Office for Jewish Emigration (German: Zentralstelle für jüdische Auswanderung) was a designation of Nazi institutions in Vienna, Prague and Amsterdam.

The office in Vienna, created in the former Palais Albert Rothschild at Prinz-Eugen-Straße 20-22, was founded in August of 1938[1][2] by Adolf Eichmann.

He began the office as a way of getting around the red tape the Jews of Austria faced when trying to leave the country.

Eventually, Eichmann set up a Central Office so that all arrangements for emigration could be made in one location.

On 24 January 1939, the Reich Central Office for Jewish Emigration (Reichszentrale für jüdische Auswanderung) was established in Berlin by Hermann Göring[5] with Reinhard Heydrich at the head.