Actions by the DSK included inspections of individual safe deposit boxes in the presence of the box holder, a bank employee, and a Nazi officer.[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).[1] Property issues were handled by Verwalter (special administrators).[1] Lists of box holders who were overlooked during initial inspections, or who refused to cooperate, were required to be delivered to German inspectors.[1] The sole mission of the DSK was to search and locate assets, not administer them.[1]