The Devisenschutzkommando (Foreign Exchange Protection Commando), or DSK,[1] was a Nazi special looting unit of handpicked SS soldiers which operated in Belgium, France and the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia.
[1] Banknotes, stocks and bonds, gold and silver bullion, precious stones, and art objects found in the possession of general citizens were inventoried and placed in accounts controlled by German authorities.
[1][2] Jewish assets confiscated under various decrees were transferred to a German registered banking agent or the Vermögensverwaltungs und Rentenanstalt (Property Administrations and Pension Institute).
The organization was supported by 'a small army' of low-level informers, tipsters, and collaborators known as Vertrauensmänner or "V-männer" (confidential agents).
[1] As the defeat of the German army by Allied forces became evident, actions taken by the DSK to confiscate anything of value to the Nazi state became brutal.